Dicho español · Spanish proverb
«Errando se aprende.»
Word for word
Erring one learns.
What it really means
The closest English equivalent: We learn from our mistakes.
Used to comfort someone who has made a mistake, reminding them that errors are part of learning. Common when encouraging a person to keep trying.
Hear it in a sentence
No te preocupes por el examen, errando se aprende.
Don't worry about the exam, we learn from our 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.