un día es un día
Spanish, proverb/un ˌdia ˌes un ˈdia/
un día es un día is a Spanish proverb meaning “what the heck; you only live once (said when making an exception to indulge in something)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does un día es un día mean in English?
proverb
- 1
what the heck; you only live once (said when making an exception to indulge in something)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
phrase: 1. Se usa a modo de justificación para darse un capricho que uno no se permite normalmente.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce un día es un día?
- /un ˌdia ˌes un ˈdia/
- [ũn̪ ˌd̪i.a ˌes ũn̪ ˈd̪i.a]
- [ũn̪ ˈd̪ia ˈes ũn̪ ˈd̪ia]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.