Dicho español · Spanish proverb
«Querer es poder.»
Word for word
To want is to be able.
What it really means
The closest English equivalent: Where there’s a will, there’s a way.
Pure motivational shorthand: with enough will, you’ll find the way.
Hear it in a sentence
Aprendió a nadar a los sesenta años: querer es poder.
She learned to swim at sixty — where there’s a will, there’s a way.
More Spanish sayings
- La paciencia todo lo alcanza. — Patience achieves everything.
- Éramos pocos y parió la abuela. — As if we didn't have enough problems already.
- Cuando una puerta se cierra, otra se abre. — When one door closes, another opens.
- Con el tiempo y una caña, todo se alcanza. — With time and patience, anything is possible.
- La unión hace la fuerza. — United we stand, divided we fall.
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.