Dicho español · Spanish proverb
«La suerte favorece a los audaces.»
¿Cómo se dice «La suerte favorece a los audaces» en inglés? Fortune favors the bold.
Word for word
Luck favors the bold.
What it really means
The closest English equivalent: Fortune favors the bold.
Used to encourage someone to take a risk or seize an opportunity rather than hesitate. It's common when motivating a friend before a big decision.
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Hear it in a sentence
La suerte favorece a los audaces, así que atrévete a pedir ese ascenso.
Fortune favors the bold, so dare to ask for that promotion.
More Spanish sayings
- De perdidos, al río. — In for a penny, in for a pound.
- Más vale malo conocido que bueno por conocer. — Better the devil you know than the devil you don't.
- A la ocasión la pintan calva. — Seize the moment when it comes.
- Unos nacen con estrella y otros nacen estrellados. — Some are born lucky, others are born unlucky.
- A grandes males, grandes remedios. — Desperate times call for desperate measures.
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