la cabra siempre tira al monte

Spanish

Etymology

Literally, “the goat always goes to the mountain”.

Proverb

la cabra siempre tira al monte

1. a leopard can't change his spots

Further reading

• “la cabra siempre tira al monte”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10