Dicho español · Spanish proverb
«El que no trabaja, no se equivoca.»
Word for word
He who does not work, does not make mistakes.
What it really means
The closest English equivalent: He who does nothing makes no mistakes.
Used to console or defend someone who made an error while trying to do something, highlighting that mistakes are part of working.
Hear it in a sentence
No te sientas mal por el error; el que no trabaja, no se equivoca.
Don't feel bad about the mistake; he who does nothing makes no 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.