Dicho español · Spanish proverb
«El que mucho corre, pronto para.»
Word for word
He who runs a lot, soon stops.
What it really means
The closest English equivalent: Haste makes waste.
Used to advise pacing yourself in work or effort, warning that working too fast leads to burnout or failure.
Hear it in a sentence
No trabajes sin descanso; el que mucho corre, pronto para.
Don't work without rest; haste makes waste.
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.