Dicho español · Spanish proverb
«Al que buen árbol se arrima, buena sombra le cobija.»
Word for word
To the one who to a good tree leans, good shade shelters him.
What it really means
The closest English equivalent: He who leans on a good tree gets good shade.
Used to advise choosing good influences and environments; very common across Latin America and Spain when giving life advice.
Hear it in a sentence
Al que buen árbol se arrima, buena sombra le cobija, así que elige bien tus amistades.
He who leans on a good tree gets good shade, so choose your friends well.
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.