Dicho español · Spanish proverb
«La paciencia todo lo alcanza.»
Word for word
Patience reaches everything.
What it really means
The closest English equivalent: Patience achieves everything.
A motivational saying used to remind someone that perseverance and calm waiting will eventually yield results.
Hear it in a sentence
Sigue intentando, que la paciencia todo lo alcanza.
Keep trying, because patience achieves everything.
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.