Dicho español · Spanish proverb
«Cuando el dinero sale por la puerta, el amor salta por la ventana.»
Word for word
When money goes out the door, love jumps out the window.
What it really means
The closest English equivalent: When money leaves, love follows.
Used to comment cynically that financial hardship strains or destroys relationships. Often heard in conversations about couples struggling economically.
Hear it in a sentence
Cuando el dinero sale por la puerta, el amor salta por la ventana, y esa pareja lo está comprobando.
When money leaves, love follows, and that couple is finding that out.
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.