1263 sayings with source references.
Quien se fia de amigo no fiel, buen testigo tiene contra el.He that trusts a faithless friend, has a good witness against him.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesEl vientre ayuno no oye á ninguno.A hungry belly listens to no one.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesBuen amigo es el gato, sino que rascuña.The cat is friendly, but scratches.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesLo que no acerta en un ano, acerta en un rato.What does not happen in a year may happen in a moment.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesDadivas quebrantan peñas.Gifts break (or dissolve) rocks.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesDeve algo para Pascua, y hacérsete ha corta la cuaresma.Have a bill to pay at Easter, and your Lent will be short.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesQuando el guardian juega á los naypes, qué haran los frayles?When the prior plays cards, what will the monks do?
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesDe persona callada arriedra tu morada.From a silent person remove your dwelling.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesDe cosário á cosário no se llevan sino los barriles.Corsair against corsair nothing is got but empty casks.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesSaltar de la sarten, y dar en las brasas.To jump out of the frying-pan and fall into the fire.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesA tí lo digo, hijuela; entiéndelo tú, mi nuera.I say it to you, daughter; hear it, daughter-in-law.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesQuien no está enseñado á bragas, las costuras le hacen llagas.When a man is not used to breeches the seams gall him.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesLa gala del nadar es saber guardar la ropa.The secret in swimming is to know how to take care of your clothes.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesQuando pobre, franco; quando rico, avaro.When poor, liberal; when rich, stingy.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesDe traidor harás leal con bien hablar.Give a traitor good words and you make him loyal.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesEl campo fertil no descansando, torna se esteril.The fertile field becomes sterile without rest.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesPensé que no tenia marido, y comime la olla.I thought I had no husband, and I eat up the stew.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesAbajanse los adarves y alzanse los muladares.Walls sink and dunghills rise.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesAra por enjuto ó por mojado, no besarás á tu vecino en el rabo.Plough wet or dry, and you will not have to kiss your neighbour’s breech.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesEl sol me luzga, que de la luna no he cura.Let the sun shine on me, for I care not for the moon.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesSi esta pella á la pared no pega, á lo menos dexará señal.If this ball does not stick to the wall it will at least leave a mark.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesQuien de todos es amigo, ó es muy pobre, ó es muy rico.He who is everybody’s friend is either very poor or very rich.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesA tuerto ó á derecho, ayude Dios á nuestro concejo.Right or wrong, God aid our purpose.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesManda y hazlo, y quitarte has de cuidado.Order and do it, and you will be rid of anxiety.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sources