Dicho español · Spanish proverb
«Con la edad viene la sabiduría.»
Word for word
With the age comes the wisdom.
What it really means
The closest English equivalent: With age comes wisdom.
Used to show respect for older people's experience and to comfort someone worried about aging.
Hear it in a sentence
No te preocupes por cumplir años, con la edad viene la sabiduría.
Don't worry about getting older, with age comes wisdom.
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.