Dicho español · Spanish proverb
«En boca cerrada no entran moscas.»
Word for word
Flies do not enter a closed mouth.
What it really means
The closest English equivalent: Silence is golden — flies don’t enter a closed mouth.
A warning that staying quiet keeps you out of trouble — often said before someone blurts out an opinion.
Hear it in a sentence
Iba a opinar sobre la pelea de mis vecinos, pero preferí callarme: en boca cerrada no entran moscas.
I was going to weigh in on my neighbors’ argument, but I kept quiet — silence keeps you out of trouble.
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.