Dicho español · Spanish proverb
«El tiempo vuela cuando uno se divierte.»
Word for word
Time flies when one is having fun.
What it really means
The closest English equivalent: Time flies when you're having fun.
A lighthearted comment made when a pleasant activity seems to end too quickly, often at the end of a gathering or outing.
Hear it in a sentence
El tiempo vuela cuando uno se divierte; ya son las tres de la mañana.
Time flies when you're having fun; it's already three in the morning.
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.