Dicho español · Spanish proverb
«Hombre precavido vale por dos.»
Word for word
A cautious man is worth two.
What it really means
The closest English equivalent: A cautious man is worth two.
Said to praise someone who plans ahead and takes precautions. It's often used as advice to think things through before acting.
Hear it in a sentence
Hombre precavido vale por dos, por eso siempre lleva paraguas aunque esté soleado.
A cautious man is worth two, that's why he always carries an umbrella even when it's sunny.
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.