Dicho español · Spanish proverb
«El que parte y reparte se queda con la mejor parte.»
Word for word
He who divides and distributes keeps the best part.
What it really means
The closest English equivalent: The one who divides keeps the best part.
Used to point out that whoever controls the distribution of resources or money tends to benefit most, often cynically.
Hear it in a sentence
No me fío del gerente: el que parte y reparte se queda con la mejor parte.
I don't trust the manager: the one who divides keeps the best part.
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.