Dicho español · Spanish proverb
«Sin esfuerzo no hay recompensa.»
Word for word
Without effort there is no reward.
What it really means
The closest English equivalent: No pain, no gain.
Used to motivate someone facing a difficult task, reminding them that good results require hard work.
Hear it in a sentence
Sigue entrenando; sin esfuerzo no hay recompensa.
Keep training; no pain, no gain.
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.