Phrase · 📜 Proverbs and sayings
No por mucho madrugar amanece más temprano.
All in good time.
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Why every word is where it is
Noadverbnot, nopor2prepositionfor, by, through, because ofmuchoadverba lot, muchmadrugar1verbto get up earlyinfinitiveamanece3verbdawns, day breaksamanecer · present · 3rd sing.másadverbmoretempranoadverbearly.
- por → madrugar: por + infinitive
- No → amanece: negated cause
Word for word: “Getting up very early doesn't make the sun rise sooner.”
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1Meaning: rushing doesn't make things happen sooner. The classic reply to A quien madruga, Dios lo ayuda.
- 2No por + infinitive denies a cause: not just because you… Cause and consequence: ya que, debido a, así que, tan… que →
- 3amanecer = to dawn: an impersonal verb with no subject.