Dicho español · Spanish proverb
«La verdad a medias es mentira completa.»
Word for word
The half truth is complete lie.
What it really means
The closest English equivalent: A half-truth is a whole lie.
Used when someone omits key information to mislead. Common in discussions about honesty and manipulation.
Hear it in a sentence
No me cuentes solo lo que te conviene; la verdad a medias es mentira completa.
Don't just tell me what suits you; a half-truth is a whole lie.
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.