619 sayings with source references.
Faze da noite, noite, e do dia, dia; viveras com alegria.Make the night night, and the day day, and you will live pleasantly.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione portoghese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesPequeno machado parte grande carvalho.A small hatchet fells a great oak.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione portoghese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesDize ao amigo teu segredo, e por-te-ha o pé no pescoço.Tell your friend your secret, and he will set his foot on your neck.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione portoghese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesOfficio alheio custa dinheiro.Another man’s trade costs money.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione portoghese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesMuito fallar, pouco saber.Much chatter, little wit.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione portoghese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesMais val merecer honra, e naõ a ter, que tendo-a, naõ a merecer.Better deserve honour and not have it, than have it and not deserve it.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione portoghese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesCada hum falla da festa, como lhe vai nella.Every one speaks of the feast as he finds it.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione portoghese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesGuarte do homem que naõ falla, e do caõ, que naõ ladra.Beware of a man that does not talk, and of a dog that does not bark.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione portoghese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesCaminha pela estrada, acharás pousada.Follow the road and you will reach an inn.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione portoghese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesMal vai ao passarinho na maõ do menino.Ill fares the young bird in the urchin’s hand.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione portoghese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesGallinha, que em casa fica, sempre pica.The hen that stays at home picks up the crumbs.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione portoghese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesDuro com duro naõ faz bom muro.Hard upon hard does not make a good wall.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione portoghese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesNaõ digas, desta agoa naõ biberei, nem deste paõ comerei.Never say, of this water I will not drink, of this bread I will not eat.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione portoghese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesVender gato por lebre.To sell a cat for a hare.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione portoghese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesO ladraõ cuida que todos taes saõ.The thief thinks that all are like himself.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione portoghese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesMelhor he hum passarinho nas maõs, que dous voando.Better a sparrow in the hand than two flying.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione portoghese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesSe queres saber quanto val hum cruzado, busca-o emprestado.If you would know what a dollar is worth, try to borrow it.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione portoghese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesMais val salto de mata, que rogos de homens bons.Better is a leap over the ditch than the entreaties of good men.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione portoghese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesA viuva rica, com hum olho chora, e com outro repica.A rich widow weeps with one eye and laughs with the other.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione portoghese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesManda, e faze-o, tirar-te-ha cuidado.Give orders, and do it yourself, and you will be rid of anxiety.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione portoghese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesA boi velho naõ cates abrigo.You need not find a shelter for an old ox.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione portoghese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesNaõ há dia sem tarde.There is no day without its night.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione portoghese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesQuem tem boca, naõ diga ao outro, assopra.Let not him that has a mouth ask another to blow.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione portoghese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesCada terra com seu uso, cada roca com seu fuso.Every land its own custom, every wheel its own spindle.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione portoghese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sources