Não é por madrugar que amanhece mais cedo

English translation: Dawn doesn't hurry if you get up earlier.

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Portuguese term or phrase:Não é por madrugar que amanhece mais cedo.
English translation:Dawn doesn't hurry if you get up earlier.
Entered by: Henrique Magalhaes

10:20 Sep 3, 2003
Portuguese to English translations [Non-PRO]
Portuguese term or phrase: Não é por madrugar que amanhece mais cedo
Adding one mor proverb to my long list...
Henrique Magalhaes
Local time: 14:02
Dawn doesn't hurry if you get up earlier
Explanation:
These is the explanation found in the Wikipedia (http://quote.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_proverbs), but this is not an English proverb.
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Traduim
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5 +1The early bird may not be the one to catch the worm OR last but not least
Jane Lamb-Ruiz (X)
3 +1Dawn doesn't hurry if you get up earlier
Traduim
3All things come to he who waits
MJ Barber


  

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Não é por madrugar que amanhece mais cedo
Dawn doesn't hurry if you get up earlier


Explanation:
These is the explanation found in the Wikipedia (http://quote.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_proverbs), but this is not an English proverb.

Traduim
Native speaker of: Native in CatalanCatalan, Native in SpanishSpanish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Ricardo Fonseca
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The early bird may not be the one to catch the worm OR last but not least


Explanation:
variation on
The early bird catches the worm

Jane Lamb-Ruiz (X)
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in pair: 3273

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agree  Ricardo Fonseca
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All things come to he who waits


Explanation:
I understand this proverb as extolling the virtue of patience. Therefore: all things come to he who waits


MJ Barber
Spain
Local time: 15:02
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in pair: 125
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