Dicho español · Spanish proverb
«El que no cuida su salud, no cuida su vida.»
Word for word
He who does not care for his health, does not care for his life.
What it really means
The closest English equivalent: He who doesn't care for his health doesn't care for his life.
Used to strongly encourage someone to take their health seriously; common in family interventions about bad habits.
Hear it in a sentence
Deja de comer tanta grasa, el que no cuida su salud, no cuida su vida.
Stop eating so much fat, he who doesn't care for his health doesn't care for his life.
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.