Dicho español · Spanish proverb
«Cuando llueve, todos se mojan.»
Word for word
When it rains, everyone gets wet.
What it really means
The closest English equivalent: When it rains, everyone gets wet.
Used to say that some problems or difficulties affect everyone equally, like bad weather. It's said to express solidarity or acceptance of shared hardship.
Hear it in a sentence
Cuando llueve, todos se mojan; nadie está libre de la crisis.
When it rains, everyone gets wet; no one is exempt from the crisis.
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.