refrán

Noun masculine C2 #2219 most common

Translations

A popular proverb says that 'he who embraces too much holds on to little.'

El paremiologo que conocí en la conferencia tiene una vasta colección de refranes de diferentes culturas.

The paremiologist I met at the conference has a vast collection of proverbs from different cultures.

The proverb is a paremiological example that reflects popular wisdom in few words.