Dicho español · Spanish proverb
«Quien mucho duerme, poco aprende.»
Word for word
He who sleeps much learns little.
What it really means
The closest English equivalent: He who sleeps much learns little.
A nudge against laziness: time spent idle is learning lost.
Also said as
- El que mucho duerme, poco aprende.
Hear it in a sentence
Se pasa las mañanas en la cama y luego suspende: quien mucho duerme, poco aprende.
He spends his mornings in bed and then fails his exams — he who sleeps much learns little.
More Spanish sayings
- Cuando el diablo no tiene qué hacer, con el rabo mata moscas. — Idle hands are the devil's workshop.
- Preguntando se llega a Roma. — He who asks, finds his way.
- El que no llora, no mama. — The squeaky wheel gets the grease.
- Nadie nace sabiendo. — Nobody is born knowing everything.
- El tiempo no pasa en balde. — Time doesn't pass in vain.
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.