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Puerto Rican Proverbs in English | Letter A

Puerto Rico Spanish Slang Idioms Speaking Phrases Boricua

The following is the Speaking Latino list of Puerto Rican Spanish Expressions in English popular to Puerto Rico. Many of these sayings, proverbs, refranes, modismos or idioms are also used in other Latin American countries.

You can find this list and much more in my book Speaking Phrases Boricua: A Collection of Wisdom and Sayings from Puerto Rico.


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Puerto Rican Spanish Expressions in English | Letter A

A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush

-Más vale pájaro en mano que cien volando

-Más vale un hoy que dos mañanas

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link

-La soga rompe por lo más delgado

A chip off the old block

-De tal palo, tal astilla

-Quien lo hereda no lo hurta

A friend in need is a friend indeed

-Amigo en la adversidad es un amigo de verdad

A journey of a thousand miles begins with one step

-Barco que no anda no llega a puerto

A lot of hot air

-De ese infierno no salen chispas

A man is known by the company he keeps

-Dime con quien andas y te diré quién eres

A perfect match

-Me viene como anillo al dedo

A prophet is not without honor, save in his own country

-Nadie es profeta en su tierra [pueblo]

A taste of his own medicine

-Estar probando su propia medicina

A tiger doesn’t change its stripes

-La yerba mala nunca se muere

According to the latest gossip

-Dicen las malas lenguas, y la mía que no es muy buena también lo repita

Actions speak louder than words

-El movimiento se demuestra andando

-La ley entra por la casa

-No es lo mismo decirlo que hacerlo

After a storm comes a calm

-Después de la tormenta, siempre llega la calma

After marriage, life goes downhill

-En vida de matrimonio, ni soso ni salado

All bark and no bite

-Mucho ruido y pocas nueces

All cats are grey in the dark

-De noche todos los gatos son prietos

All good things must end

-Lo bueno dura poco

All over the place

-Esta como el arroz blanco, en todas las partes

All that glitters is not gold

-No todo lo que brilla es oro

Always lands on his feet

-El que nace para bombero, del cielo le cae el sombrero

-El que nace para toro del cielo le caen los cuernos

Always room for one more

-Donde comen dos, comen tres

An eye for an eye

-Ojo por ojo, diente por diente

An idle mind is the devil’s workshop

-El ocio es la madre de todos los vicios

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure

-Es mejor precaver que tener que remediar

-Más vale prevenir que tener que lamentar

Appearances can be deceiving

-Todo lo prieto no es morcilla

As happy as a clam

-Más contento que perro con dos rabos

Spanish expressions Refranes Puerto Rico Spanish Slang Mas jincho que nalga de monjaAs old as the hills

-Más viejo que el frío

-Más viejo que Matusalen

As stubborn as a mule

-Es más terco que una mula

As sure as death and taxes

-La muerte es lo único seguro que tenemos en la vida

As ugly as sin

-Es más feo que un caso de drogas

As white as snow

-Más jincho que nalga de monja

-Más jincho que un sobaco de monja

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