Dicho español · Spanish proverb
«Aguanta un poco más, que ya casi amanece.»
Word for word
Hold on a little more, for it's almost dawn.
What it really means
The closest English equivalent: Hang in there; dawn is almost here.
A figurative expression of encouragement during hard times, comparing endurance to getting through a long dark night.
Hear it in a sentence
Aguanta un poco más, que ya casi amanece; esta mala racha pronto pasará.
Hang in there; dawn is almost here; this bad streak will soon pass.
Why learn dichos?
Proverbs like this one are everywhere in spoken Spanish — dropped mid-conversation, usually just the first half, with the rest left for you to complete. Recognizing them is one of the fastest ways to sound less like a textbook and follow real speech. Every Lingocito edition signs off with the dicho del día, so you meet one a day next to news written at your exact level.