Dicho español · Spanish proverb
«No hay peor ciego que el que no quiere ver.»
Word for word
There is no worse blind person than the one who does not want to see.
What it really means
The closest English equivalent: None so blind as those who will not see.
Used to criticize someone who refuses to acknowledge an obvious truth, often out of stubbornness or denial. Very common in everyday Spanish across all regions.
Hear it in a sentence
Le mostré las pruebas, pero no hay peor ciego que el que no quiere ver.
I showed him the evidence, but there's none so blind as those who will not see.
More Spanish sayings
- Ver para creer. — Seeing is believing.
- No hay peor sordo que el que no quiere oír. — None so deaf as those who will not hear.
- No hay que buscarle tres pies al gato. — Don't overcomplicate things.
- Donde hay amor, hay dolor. — Where there is love, there is pain.
- A otro perro con ese hueso. — Tell that to someone who'll believe it.
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.