Dicho español · Spanish proverb

«El saber no ocupa lugar.»

Word for word

Knowledge takes up no space.

What it really means

The closest English equivalent: You can never know too much.

There’s no harm in learning something extra — the excuse for every new course or hobby.

Hear it in a sentence

Se apuntó a clases de alemán solo por curiosidad: el saber no ocupa lugar.

He signed up for German classes out of pure curiosity — you can never know too much.

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