Dicho español · Spanish proverb
«El que guarda su boca, guarda su alma.»
Word for word
He who guards his mouth, guards his soul.
What it really means
The closest English equivalent: Watch your mouth, protect yourself.
Used to encourage self-control in speech as a way of protecting oneself from trouble. It has a moral or sometimes religious tone.
Hear it in a sentence
El que guarda su boca, guarda su alma; no digas cosas de las que luego te arrepientas.
He who guards his mouth guards his soul; don't say things you'll later regret.
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.