Dicho español · Spanish proverb
«Nunca es tarde si la dicha es buena.»
Word for word
It is never late if the happiness is good.
What it really means
The closest English equivalent: Better late than never when the outcome is good.
Said when something good happens later than expected, expressing that the delay doesn't matter because the result is positive.
Hear it in a sentence
Se casaron a los cincuenta, pero nunca es tarde si la dicha es buena.
They married at fifty, but it is never late if the happiness is good.
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.