Dicho español · Spanish proverb
«Cielo rojo al amanecer, mal tiempo al anochecer.»
Word for word
Red sky at dawn, bad weather at nightfall.
What it really means
The closest English equivalent: Red sky in the morning, sailors take warning.
A weather proverb warning of coming storms when the morning sky is red. It's commonly cited by fishermen and travelers to decide whether to go out.
Hear it in a sentence
Cielo rojo al amanecer, mal tiempo al anochecer; no salgas al mar hoy.
Red sky at dawn means bad weather at dusk; don't go out to sea today.
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.