Dicho español · Spanish proverb
«Nadie es profeta en su tierra.»
Word for word
No one is a prophet in their own land.
What it really means
The closest English equivalent: No one is a prophet in their own land.
Talent tends to be recognized everywhere except at home.
Hear it in a sentence
Su música triunfa en el extranjero, pero en su pueblo casi no lo conocen: nadie es profeta en su tierra.
His music is a hit abroad, but in his hometown hardly anyone knows him — no one is a prophet in their own land.
More Spanish sayings
- En casa de herrero, cuchillo de palo. — The shoemaker’s children go barefoot.
- El que parte y reparte se queda con la mejor parte. — The one who divides keeps the best part.
- En el país de los ciegos, el tuerto es rey. — In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.
- Lo barato sale caro. — Buy cheap, pay dear.
- Más sabe el diablo por viejo que por diablo. — With age comes wisdom.
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 level.