Dicho español · Spanish proverb
«Más vale solo que mal acompañado.»
Word for word
Better alone than badly accompanied.
What it really means
The closest English equivalent: Better alone than in bad company.
Advises that being alone is preferable to keeping harmful or negative company. Common in relationship and friendship advice.
Hear it in a sentence
Más vale solo que mal acompañado, así que dejé ese grupo de amigos.
Better alone than in bad company, so I left that group of friends.
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.