Dicho español · Spanish proverb
«Unos nacen con estrella y otros nacen estrellados.»
Word for word
Some are born with a star and others are born crashed.
What it really means
The closest English equivalent: Some are born lucky, others are born unlucky.
Comments on how fortune favors some people from birth while others seem doomed to misfortune. The pun on 'estrella' and 'estrellado' makes it common in casual conversation.
Hear it in a sentence
Él gana la lotería y yo pierdo el trabajo; unos nacen con estrella y otros nacen estrellados.
He wins the lottery and I lose my job; some are born with a star and others are born crashed.
More Spanish sayings
- El que nace para tamal, del cielo le caen las hojas. — Some people are just born lucky.
- La suerte favorece a los audaces. — Fortune favors the bold.
- El amor de lejos, amor de pendejos. — Long-distance love rarely works.
- Lo que no mata, engorda. — What doesn't kill you makes you stronger.
- Mal de muchos, consuelo de tontos. — Others' misery is a fool's comfort.
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.