Dicho español · Spanish proverb
«Desayuna como rey, come como príncipe y cena como mendigo.»
¿Cómo se dice «Desayuna como rey, come como príncipe y cena como mendigo» en inglés? Breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince, dine like a pauper.
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.
Learning Spanish? Get one saying like this every morning, next to real news written at your level.
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.
More Spanish sayings
- Las penas con pan son menos. — Troubles are lighter on a full stomach.
- Barriga llena, corazón contento. — A full belly makes a happy heart.
- Cuando las barbas de tu vecino veas cortar, pon las tuyas a remojar. — Learn from others' mistakes before they happen to you.
- La salud no es todo, pero sin ella todo es nada. — Health is not everything, but without it, everything is nothing.
- Quien no trabaja, no come. — He who doesn't work, doesn't eat.
More: Spanish sayings about food
Test your Spanish
- Free Spanish level test — find your CEFR level in about two minutes
- Preterite vs imperfect quiz — with an explanation for every answer
- Learn Spanish by reading the news — guide
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 level.