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.

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.

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