Dicho español · Spanish proverb
«La suerte favorece a los audaces.»
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.
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.
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.