Spanishsalga el sol por donde quiera
Meaning: It does not matter what happens or what difficulties arise; one will accept whatever comes.
Literally: Let the sun rise wherever it wants
Example: “Ya he enviado la solicitud; salga el sol por donde quiera.” — I've sent the application; come what may.
English equivalent: Come what may
Equivalents in other languages
English: come what may
Origin: Literally "let the sun rise wherever it likes": whatever happens, the speaker will go ahead. A well-known variant is salga el sol por Antequera, which makes the impossibility explicit, since Antequera lies west of Granada, where the sun cannot rise. Stories attach it to the war of Granada, to the future Fernando de Antequera before he took the town in 1410, or to a speech by the Nasrid ruler El Zagal, but none is confirmed.
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