Dicho español · Spanish proverb
«Hijo eres, padre serás, lo que hiciste pagarás.»
¿Cómo se dice «Hijo eres, padre serás, lo que hiciste pagarás» en inglés? You reap what you sow with your children.
Word for word
Son you are, father you will be, what you did you will pay.
What it really means
The closest English equivalent: You reap what you sow with your children.
Said to warn young people that their behavior will return to them through their own children. Common parental advice.
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Hear it in a sentence
Hijo eres, padre serás, lo que hiciste pagarás, así que trata bien a tus padres.
A son now, a father later, you'll pay for what you did, so treat your parents well.
More Spanish sayings
- Cada quien cosecha lo que siembra. — You reap what you sow.
- El que siembra vientos, recoge tempestades. — Sow the wind and reap the whirlwind.
- El que la hace, la paga. — You reap what you sow.
- El que con lobos anda, a aullar se enseña. — He who keeps company with wolves will learn to howl.
- La cabra siempre tira al monte. — Old habits die hard.
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