Phrase · 📜 Proverbs and sayings
Quien siembra vientos recoge tempestades.
Sow the wind and reap the whirlwind.
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Why every word is where it is
Quien1pronounwho, whoeversing.siembra2verbsowssembrar · present · 3rd sing.vientosnounwindsviento · masc. · pl.recogeverbgathers, reapsrecoger · present · 3rd sing.tempestadesnounstormstempestad · fem. · pl..
- recoge → Quien: subject
- siembra → vientos: object
Word for word: “Whoever sows winds harvests storms.”
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1Quien = whoever, with no antecedent: the generic subject of proverbs. Relative clauses I: que, quien, donde, lo que →
- 2Meaning: if you stir up conflict, it comes back to you worse. sembrar (e → ie) = to sow.