Ni rey traidor, ni papa descomulgado.No king was ever a traitor, or pope excommunicated.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
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Al gato por ser ladron, no le eches de tu mansion.Don’t send away your cat for being a thief.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesPariente a la clara el hijo de mi hermana.My sister’s son is a kinsman beyond dispute.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesA quien miedo le han, lo suyo le dan.He who is feared gets more than his own.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesPor donde va la mar, vayan las arenas.Where the sea goes let the sands go.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesEl lobo hace entre semana por donde no va el Domingo á misa.The wolf does that in the course of the week which hinders him from going to mass on Sunday.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesEn la boda quien menos come es la novia.At the wedding-feast the least eater is the bride.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesBuena es la gallina que otro cria.Good is the fowl which another rears.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesAntes de la hora gran denuedo; venidos al punto, venidos al miedo.Before the time great courage; when at the point, great fear.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesEl lobo pierde los dientes, mas no los mientes.The wolf loses his teeth, but not his inclinations.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesLa muger y el vidrio siempre estan en peligro.A woman and a glass are always in danger.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesQuien á los veinte no entiende, á treinta no sabe y á quarenta no tiene, ruin vejez le espera.He who at twenty understands nothing, at thirty knows nothing, and at forty has nothing, will lead a wretched old age.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesA quien dices tu puridad, á ese das tu libertad.You surrender your freedom where you deposit your secret.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesNo digais mal del año hasta que sea pasado.Speak not ill of the year until it is past.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesA quien no tiene nada, nada le espanta.Who has nothing, fears nothing.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesAdó sacan y non pon, presto llegan al hondon.Always taking out and never putting in, soon reaches the bottom.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesQuien hace lo que quiere, no hace lo que debe.He who does what he likes, does not what he ought.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesPregonar vino, y vender vinagre.To cry up wine, and sell vinegar.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesCon hijo de gato no se burlan los ratones.Rats do not play tricks with kittens.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesQuien tiene quatro, y gasta cinco no ha menester bolsico.He who has got four and spends five, has no occasion for a purse.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesAl gusto dañado lo dulce le es amargo.To a depraved taste sweet is bitter.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesQuando el hierro está encendido, entonces ha de ser batido.When the iron is hot, then is the time to strike.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesSangrarle y purgarle; si se muriere, enterrarle.Bleed him and purge him; if he dies, bury him.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesYo duro y vos duro, quien llevará lo maduro.I stubborn and you stubborn, who is to carry the load?
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sources