Dicho español · Spanish proverb
«Al que al cielo escupe, en la cara le cae.»
Word for word
He who spits at the sky, it falls in his face.
What it really means
The closest English equivalent: Don't spit into the wind.
Used as a warning against arrogance, blasphemy, or disrespecting higher powers, implying that such actions backfire. Common in moralizing or cautionary contexts.
Hear it in a sentence
No te burles de las creencias de los demás; al que al cielo escupe, en la cara le cae.
Don't mock others' beliefs; don't spit into the wind.
More Spanish sayings
- El hombre propone y Dios dispone. — Man proposes, God disposes.
- El que siembra vientos, recoge tempestades. — Sow the wind and reap the whirlwind.
- Las palabras se las lleva el viento. — Words are carried away by the wind — actions count.
- Cría cuervos y te sacarán los ojos. — Nurture a snake in your bosom and it will bite you.
- No hay que tentar al diablo. — Don't tempt fate.
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 level.