Dicho español · Spanish proverb
«Aprender a vivir es aprender a equivocarse.»
Word for word
Learning to live is learning to make mistakes.
What it really means
The closest English equivalent: Learning to live is learning to make mistakes.
A reflective saying used when someone is going through a difficult period of personal growth. It normalizes mistakes as part of maturing.
Hear it in a sentence
No te castigues tanto; aprender a vivir es aprender a equivocarse.
Don't punish yourself so much; learning to live is learning to make mistakes.
Why learn dichos?
Proverbs like this one are everywhere in spoken Spanish — dropped mid-conversation, usually just the first half, with the rest left for you to complete. Recognizing them is one of the fastest ways to sound less like a textbook and follow real speech. Every Lingocito edition signs off with the dicho del día, so you meet one a day next to news written at your exact level.