Quien primero viene, primero muele.He who comes first grinds first.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
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A padre guardador, hijo gastador.After a thrifty father, a prodigal son.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesMas vale el mal conocido que el bien por venir.Better suffer a known evil than change for uncertain good.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesDe la mala muger te guarda, y de la buena no fies nada.Beware of a bad woman, and put no trust in a good one.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesPuteria ni hurto nunca se encubren mucho.Whoredom and thieving are never long concealed.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesA quien dan, no escoge.Beggars must not be choosers.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesQuien bien quiere á Pedro, no hace mal á su perro.He who loves Peter won’t harm his dog.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesGato escaldado del agua fria ha miedo.The scalded cat dreads cold water.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesQuien bien quiere á Beltran, bien quiere á su can.He who loves Bertrand loves his dog. (Love me, love my dog).
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesQuatro cosas sacan al hombre de tino, la muger, el tabaco, naypes y vino.Four things put a man beside himself—women, tobacco, cards, and wine.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesPuerta abierta al santo tienta.An open door tempts a saint.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesReniego del amigo, que cubre con las alas y muerde con el pico.Avoid a friend who covers you with his wings and destroys you with his beak.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesQuien escucha, su mal oye.Listeners hear no good of themselves.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesA cuentas viejas, barajas nuevas.Old reckonings make new disputes.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesA rio revuelto, ganancia de pescadores.It is good fishing in troubled waters.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesEn caza y en amores, entras quando quieres, y sales quando puedes.In hunting and in love you begin when you like and leave off when you can.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesHijo no tenemos, y nombre le ponemos.We have no son, and yet are giving him a name
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesSobre peras vino bebas, y sea tanto que naden ellas.After stuffing pears within, drink old wine until they swim.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesTodo camino vá á Roma.Every road leads to Rome.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesEl mejor pienso del cavallo es el ojo de su amo.The best feed of a horse is his master’s eye.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesAyer vaquero, hoy caballero.Yesterday a cowherd, to-day a cavalier.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesLavar la cabeça del asno perdimiento de javon.It is a loss of soap to wash the ass’s head.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesQuien desparte lleva la peor parte.He who divides gets the worst share.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesQuien compra cavallo, compra cuidado.He who buys a horse buys care.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
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