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.
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.
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.