Phrase · 📜 Proverbs and sayings
A caballo regalado no se le mira el diente.
Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.
C1accepting a gift graciouslys’apprend en blocAudio · bientôt disponible
Pourquoi chaque mot est à sa place
Aprépositionto, atcaballonomhorsemasc. · sing.regalado1verbegiven as a giftregalar · participe · masc. · sing.noadverbenot, nosepronomhimself, herself, itself, themselves; (impersonal)3e pers.le2pronom complémentto him, to her, to youél · 3e pers. sing. · COImiraverbelooks atmirar · présent · 3e pers. sing.eldéterminantthemasc. · sing. · définidientenomtoothmasc. · sing..
- regalado → caballo: m. sg.
- le → caballo: refers to
Mot à mot : “You don't check the teeth of a horse you were given.”
Pourquoi elle est construite ainsi
Les notes correspondent aux numéros ci-dessus.
- 1Meaning: don't find fault with a gift or a favour. Said to someone who complains about something free.
- 2le repeats a caballo regalado; with impersonal se, Spanish uses se le. Impersonal and passive se; reciprocal se →
Variantes
- A caballo regalado no se le mira el colmillo.