Dicho español · Spanish proverb
«El que mucho se equivoca, mucho aprende.»
Word for word
He who much errs, much learns.
What it really means
The closest English equivalent: The one who errs most, learns most.
Used to encourage someone who has failed repeatedly, reframing their mistakes as valuable experience. It's a positive, motivating phrase.
Hear it in a sentence
No te desanimes por tantos intentos fallidos; el que mucho se equivoca, mucho aprende.
Don't get discouraged by so many failed attempts; the one who errs most, learns most.
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.