Dicho español · Spanish proverb
«De los errores se aprende.»
¿Cómo se dice «De los errores se aprende» en inglés? You learn from your mistakes.
Word for word
From errors one learns.
What it really means
The closest English equivalent: You learn from your mistakes.
A common phrase to encourage someone after a failure. It emphasizes that mistakes are valuable lessons rather than reasons to give up.
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Also said as
- Errando se aprende.
Hear it in a sentence
Perdiste la partida, pero de los errores se aprende.
You lost the game, but you learn from your mistakes.
More Spanish sayings
- Escarmentar en cabeza ajena. — Learn from others' mistakes.
- Hay que darle tiempo al tiempo. — Give it time; be patient.
- La esperanza es lo último que se pierde. — Hope is the last thing to lose.
- Cuando las barbas de tu vecino veas cortar, pon las tuyas a remojar. — Learn from others' mistakes before they happen to you.
- No hay peor sordo que el que no quiere oír. — None so deaf as those who will not hear.
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