Dicho español · Spanish proverb
«La prisa mata.»
Word for word
Hurry kills.
What it really means
The closest English equivalent: Haste makes waste.
Warns against rushing, as it often leads to mistakes or accidents. Common when someone is driving fast or working too quickly.
Hear it in a sentence
No corras tanto con el carro, que la prisa mata.
Don't drive so fast, because hurry kills.
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.