Aprende los meses del año en español

What does “en abril, aguas mil” mean in Spanish?

While listing the months, the clip drops a little proverb for April: abril, aguas mil. Word for word it is “April, a thousand waters.” It’s an old Spanish saying about rainy spring weather — the cousin of “April showers bring May flowers.” Aguas (waters) here just means “rains,” and mil (a thousand) means “lots.” It’s a proverb people repeat for fun, not a literal forecast.

Each month in the clip gets a tag: Marzo, las fallas (a big festival in Valencia), Agosto, qué calor (“August, how hot”), Diciembre, Navidad (“December, Christmas”). A longer version of the saying adds y todas en un barril (“and all in one barrel”), meaning the rain comes in just a few heavy days.