Dicho español · Spanish proverb
«El tiempo lo cura todo.»
Word for word
Time cures everything.
What it really means
The closest English equivalent: Time heals all wounds.
Comfort for heartbreak and grief: the pain fades even if it doesn’t feel possible now.
Also said as
- El tiempo todo lo borra.
Hear it in a sentence
Al principio la mudanza fue durísima, pero el tiempo lo cura todo.
At first the move was really hard, but time heals all wounds.
More Spanish sayings
- Donde hay amor, hay dolor. — Where there is love, there is pain.
- Con el tiempo y una caña, todo se alcanza. — With time and patience, anything is possible.
- Las penas con pan son menos. — Troubles are lighter on a full stomach.
- Sin esfuerzo no hay recompensa. — No pain, no gain.
- Más vale prevenir que curar. — Better safe than sorry.
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 level.