Dicho español · Spanish proverb
«El tiempo es oro.»
Word for word
Time is gold.
What it really means
The closest English equivalent: Time is money.
Used to emphasize that time is valuable and shouldn't be wasted. Common when urging someone to act quickly or not delay.
Hear it in a sentence
El tiempo es oro, así que deja de perder el día en tonterías y ponte a estudiar.
Time is gold, so stop wasting the day on nonsense and start studying.
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.