Dicho español · Spanish proverb
«Después de la tormenta, viene la calma.»
Word for word
After the storm comes the calm.
What it really means
The closest English equivalent: After the storm comes the calm.
Used both for literal weather and metaphorically for difficult times. Spanish speakers say it to comfort someone going through a hard situation, reminding them that peace follows trouble.
Hear it in a sentence
Después de la tormenta, viene la calma; ya verás que todo se arreglará.
After the storm comes the calm; you'll see that everything will work 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.