Dicho español · Spanish proverb
«Poco a poco se anda lejos.»
Word for word
Little by little, one walks far.
What it really means
The closest English equivalent: Little by little, one goes far.
Steady small steps get you further than bursts of effort — the language-learner’s proverb.
Hear it in a sentence
Aprende cinco palabras de español cada día: poco a poco se anda lejos.
Learn five Spanish words every day — little by little, one goes far.
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.