quien tiene boca, se equivoca
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[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]- 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”)