Dicho español · Spanish proverb
«La fruta prohibida es la más apetecida.»
¿Cómo se dice «La fruta prohibida es la más apetecida» en inglés? Forbidden fruit is the sweetest.
Word for word
The forbidden fruit is the most desired.
What it really means
The closest English equivalent: Forbidden fruit is the sweetest.
Used when people want something precisely because it is not allowed. Common in comments about romance and rules.
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Hear it in a sentence
La fruta prohibida es la más apetecida; por eso todos quieren lo que no pueden tener.
Forbidden fruit is the sweetest; that's why everyone wants what they can't have.
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- Cuando el gato no está, los ratones bailan. — When the cat's away, the mice will play.
- Al que no quiere caldo, tres tazas. — What you dread comes in double helpings.
- Quien espera, alcanza. — Those who wait, achieve.
- Quien a todos quiere agradar, a nadie agrada. — Pleasing everyone pleases no one.
- El que no llora, no mama. — The squeaky wheel gets the grease.
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