Dicho español · Spanish proverb
«La risa es el mejor remedio.»
Word for word
Laughter is the best remedy.
What it really means
The closest English equivalent: Laughter is the best medicine.
Used to say that humor helps heal emotional or physical ailments; common when cheering someone up.
Hear it in a sentence
No te preocupes tanto, la risa es el mejor remedio para los problemas.
Don't worry so much, laughter is the best medicine for problems.
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.