Dicho español · Spanish proverb
«Desayuna como rey, come como príncipe y cena como mendigo.»
Word for word
Breakfast like king, eat like prince and dine like beggar.
What it really means
The closest English equivalent: Breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince, dine like a pauper.
Used to advise eating the largest meal in the morning and the smallest at night for better health; common in nutrition advice.
Hear it in a sentence
Desayuna como rey, come como príncipe y cena como mendigo, así tendrás mejor digestión.
Breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dine like a pauper, that way you'll have better digestion.
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.