Dicho español · Spanish proverb
«Una mentira repetida mil veces se convierte en verdad.»
¿Cómo se dice «Una mentira repetida mil veces se convierte en verdad» en inglés? A lie repeated a thousand times becomes truth.
Word for word
A lie repeated a thousand times turns into truth.
What it really means
The closest English equivalent: A lie repeated a thousand times becomes truth.
Used to warn about propaganda or gossip that becomes accepted through repetition. Common in discussions about media and rumors.
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Hear it in a sentence
Cuidado con lo que compartes en redes, porque una mentira repetida mil veces se convierte en verdad.
Be careful what you share on social media, because a lie repeated a thousand times becomes truth.
More Spanish sayings
- La verdad a medias es mentira completa. — A half-truth is a whole lie.
- Cuando el río suena, agua lleva. — Where there’s smoke, there’s fire.
- Quien hace un cesto, hace ciento. — Do it once and you'll do it again.
- Quien con niños se acuesta, mojado amanece. — Lie down with dogs, wake up with fleas.
- La práctica hace al maestro. — Practice makes perfect.
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