Dicho español · Spanish proverb
«Donde hay sol, hay alegría.»
Word for word
Where there is sun, there is joy.
What it really means
The closest English equivalent: Where there's sunshine, there's joy.
A cheerful saying used to comment on how sunny weather lifts people's spirits. It's common in everyday conversation when the sun comes out after cloudy days.
Hear it in a sentence
Donde hay sol, hay alegría; la terraza está llena de gente contenta.
Where there's sun, there's joy; the terrace is full of happy people.
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.