Dicho español · Spanish proverb
«Cuentas claras, amistades largas.»
¿Cómo se dice «Cuentas claras, amistades largas» en inglés? Clear accounts keep friendships long.
Word for word
Clear accounts, long friendships.
What it really means
The closest English equivalent: Clear accounts keep friendships long.
Used to advise being transparent about money in relationships or business so that resentment doesn't build up.
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Hear it in a sentence
Antes de asociarnos, dejemos todo por escrito: cuentas claras, amistades largas.
Before going into business together, let's put everything in writing: clear accounts keep friendships long.
More Spanish sayings
- Más vale solo que mal acompañado. — Better alone than in bad company.
- El amor de lejos, amor de pendejos. — Long-distance love rarely works.
- Cobra buena fama y échate a dormir. — Build a good name and it will work for you.
- Sobre gustos no hay nada escrito. — There’s no accounting for taste.
- El que a buen árbol se arrima, buena sombra le cobija. — He who leans on a good tree gets good shade.
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