Dicho español · Spanish proverb
«Donde hay amor, hay dolor.»
Word for word
Where there is love, there is pain.
What it really means
The closest English equivalent: Where there is love, there is pain.
Said to acknowledge that loving someone also brings suffering. Used to comfort someone going through heartbreak.
Hear it in a sentence
Donde hay amor, hay dolor, pero también vale la pena.
Where there is love, there is pain, but it's also worth it.
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.