Dicho español · Spanish proverb
«El amor de lejos, amor de pendejos.»
Word for word
Love from afar, love of fools.
What it really means
The closest English equivalent: Long-distance love rarely works.
Said jokingly or skeptically about long-distance relationships. Common in casual conversation among friends.
Hear it in a sentence
El amor de lejos, amor de pendejos, decía mi abuela cuando mi prima se fue al extranjero.
Long-distance love is a fool's love, my grandmother used to say when my cousin went abroad.
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.