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¿Qué significa el proverbio "Un grano no hace granero" y cómo puedo traducirlo en inglés?
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Un grano no hace granero
Hola a todos
¿Qué significa el proverbio "Un grano no hace granero" y cómo puedo traducirlo en inglés?
Muchas gracias
Re: Un grano no hace granero
I'll suggest this is perhaps a shortened form of "Un grano de trigo no hace granero, pero ayuda al compañero" and, in the United States, would be expressed most often as "every little bit helps". That's not a proverb, but there are many related proverbs.
Last edited by gernt; 03-03-2009 at 10:48 PM.
Re: Un grano no hace granero
This is something hard to translate, because just as there are many sayings in spanish for the same things, the same can be said in english.Originally Posted by Elisatas
for example-
just because you wear cowboy boots doesn't mean you can ride a horse.
or a harsh one:
sperm doesn't make a dad...
see what i mean. it just goes with whatever conversation you're having.
hope that helps at least a bit!
Re: Un grano no hace granero
That was my first thought, then I had to go and make it complicated.
Re: Un grano no hace granero
My favorite is "To be all hat and no cows."
Said of anybody (not just cowboys) is "To be all mouth."
Re: Un grano no hace granero
"Un grano no hace granero" is a rebuff to a pretentious boaster.
Ergo...
"Empty barrels make the most noise" (Scottish proverb)
Re: Un grano no hace granero
Put your money where your mouth is.
Put up or shut up.
Money talks and bullshit walks.
All three are rebuffs.
Re: Un grano no hace granero
To Thomas,
Yeah, but the imagery of "empty barrels" matches more closely the intent of "Un grano no hace granero," since a grain silo storing just one grain is for all intents and purposes "empty."
(1) "Put your money where your mouth is": There is no direct reference to "money" in the Spanish proverb. This is a confrontational "Put 'em up" rebuff. The original Spanish is an elegant rebuff full of irony.
(2) "Put up or shut up": "A quien me dé un palo, le doy un peso."
(3) "Money talks and bullshit walks": No reference to either "money" or "bullshit" in the original Spanish.
Last edited by ed_freire; 03-05-2009 at 07:13 PM.
Re: Un grano no hace granero
Here's my contribution, as per a French saying:
"Les petits ruisseaux font les grandes rivières", and the equivalent would be:
"Tall oaks from little acorns grow." or,
"The little streams make the big rivers."
I hope it helps a little.
Re: Un grano no hace granero
On second thought,
How about the literal translation?
'Un grano no hace granero"
"One grain does not a granary make."
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