Phrase · 📜 Proverbs and sayings
Cría fama y échate a dormir.
Once you get a reputation, it sticks.
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Why every word is where it is
Críaverbraise, build upcriar · imperative · 2nd sing.fama1nounreputation, famefem. · sing.yconjunctionandéchate2verblie down (echarse)echar · imperative · 2nd sing.aprepositionto, atdormirverbto sleepinfinitive.
- Cría → échate: two imperatives
- échate → dormir: echarse a + infinitive
Word for word: “Build a reputation and lie down to sleep.”
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1Meaning: once you have a reputation, good or bad, it follows you whatever you do.
- 2echarse a dormir = to lie down to sleep; tú imperative with te attached. Affirmative imperative →