Dicho español · Spanish proverb
«Cielo rojo al atardecer, buen tiempo al amanecer.»
Word for word
Red sky at dusk, good weather at dawn.
What it really means
The closest English equivalent: Red sky at night, sailor's delight.
A weather-forecasting saying used when the evening sky turns red, predicting a clear morning. It's said by farmers, sailors, and anyone paying attention to the sky.
Hear it in a sentence
Cielo rojo al atardecer, buen tiempo al amanecer; mañana podremos ir a la playa.
Red sky at dusk means good weather at dawn; tomorrow we can go to the beach.
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.