Dicho español · Spanish proverb
«La fruta prohibida es la más apetecida.»
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.
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.
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.