Dicho español · Spanish proverb
«No dejes para mañana lo que puedas hacer hoy.»
Word for word
Do not leave for tomorrow what you can do today.
What it really means
The closest English equivalent: Don’t put off until tomorrow what you can do today.
The classic anti-procrastination proverb, identical in spirit to its English twin.
Also said as
- No dejes para mañana lo que puedes hacer hoy.
Hear it in a sentence
Termina el informe esta tarde: no dejes para mañana lo que puedas hacer hoy.
Finish the report this afternoon — don’t put off until tomorrow what you can do today.
More Spanish sayings
- Hoy por ti, mañana por mí. — Today you, tomorrow me: we help each other.
- Pan para hoy, hambre para mañana. — A quick fix today, a bigger problem tomorrow.
- El que mucho abarca, poco aprieta. — Don’t bite off more than you can chew.
- Ver para creer. — Seeing is believing.
- Quien canta, sus males espanta. — Singing drives away your troubles.
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.