What does lo barato sale caro mean?

ExpressionNeutro

buy cheap, buy twice

A proverb used daily that nobody thinks twice about. It covers shoes, building work and a cheap flat at the far end of the bus line. It is one of the few proverbs still alive in ordinary conversation.

Compré la barata y se rompió a los dos meses: lo barato sale caro.
Said after the event, and with some satisfaction.

¡Vale! for iOS

Hear it the way Spain actually says it

In the app, expressions are taught inside real conversations from Spain: read cold, explained line by line, then read again. It’s the Spanish textbooks leave out.

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Unit 03

¿Qué tal está el piso?

«estás a tiro de piedra»

The ¡Vale! app: a conversation from Spain, read with its recording
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