Share your favorite Spanish phrases here...

Question

Does anyone have a Spanish phrase they would like to share? Please post a phrase/idiom along with the meaning. Gracias, amigos!

Answer 1

¡En boca cerrada no entra mosca! = "Shut up when you have nothing of value to say", "The less you talk, the better", "The quieter you are, the less opportunity to get in trouble", etc.

• 

that picture looks painful:) - 0066cfd7, May 23, 2012

Answer 2

Por si fuera poco, parió la abuela.

As if that wasn't enough, grandmother gave birth.

Answer 3

Don't have a favorite phrase, but my favorite words right now are derivatives of 'naufragar' and the word 'riachuelo'

Edit: Well, how about the phrase 'Si yo fuera tú...' - If I were you...'

Answer 4

I like the phrase "Sobre gustos no hay nada escrito", which translates (very roughly) to: There's no accounting for tastes.

Answer 5

Hi, there's already a thread on idioms in Spanish, I'm a regular there.

Check it out

I am looking for idioms from Spanish countries: I checked out the thread, and it's mostly in English. - 0066cfd7, May 22, 2012

That is becuse we have to translate every single idiom into English, so our Enlgish-speaking firends can understand them - diagonx, May 22, 2012