Dicho español · Spanish proverb
«Todo llega a su debido tiempo.»
Word for word
Everything arrives at its due time.
What it really means
The closest English equivalent: Everything comes in due time.
Used to encourage patience, especially when someone is anxious about achieving a goal like a job, relationship, or milestone.
Hear it in a sentence
No te desesperes por encontrar pareja, todo llega a su debido tiempo.
Don't despair about finding a partner, everything comes in due time.
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.