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help me... prevention is better than cure


yuniz February 26, 2008 05:08 AM

help me... prevention is better than cure
 
what is ''prevention is better yhan cure'' in spanish???:confused:

Rusty February 26, 2008 05:58 AM

The saying 'an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure' is 'más vale curar que prevenir' in Spanish.

sosia February 26, 2008 06:49 AM

Rusty, is the other way "más vale prevenir que curar"
the literal translation of yuniz "'prevention is better than cure'' " is "la prevención es mejor que la cura/el remedio", but we usually use the idiom "más vale prevenir que curar"

saludos :D

Rusty February 26, 2008 09:45 AM

Yep, it's the other way around. Sorry about that!

Tiene sentido. El refrán es "más vale prevenir que curar".

Elaina February 26, 2008 12:27 PM

En EspaƱol Mexicano es: mas vale prevenir que lamentar

Elaina;)

Tomisimo February 26, 2008 04:13 PM

Another similar saying comes to mind as well: hombre prevenido vale por dos.

jrheath August 01, 2009 02:30 PM

I was once told (by a drunk in Soria) that the correct form of the proverb is
"Hombre prevenido vale por tres"
and that the origin is that the prudent carter always carried three things
with him for when he got stuck in the mud: Una palanca, una estera y una pala.

irmamar August 02, 2009 06:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jrheath (Post 44109)
I was once told (by a drunk in Soria) that the correct form of the proverb is
"Hombre prevenido vale por tres"
and that the origin is that the prudent carter always carried three things
with him for when he got stuck in the mud: Una palanca, una estera y una pala.

Do you know that drunk people see double? He added just one more man :D

The real proverb is: "hombre prevenido vale por dos", though your explanation is completely logical. :)


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