quien tiene boca, se equivoca

Spanish edit

Etymology edit

Literally, he who has mouth, is wrong, playing on the internal rhyme boca (mouth)/equivoca (he/she mistakes).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˌkjen ˌtjene ˌboka | se ekiˈboka/ [ˌkjẽn̪ ˌt̪je.ne ˌβ̞o.ka | se e.kiˈβ̞o.ka]
  • Syllabification: quien tie‧ne bo‧ca, se e‧qui‧vo‧ca

Proverb edit

quien tiene boca, se equivoca

  1. when speaking, it is normal to say something wrong; everything one says cannot always be right or true
    Hypernym: errar es humano (to err is human)

See also edit