quien tiene boca, se equivoca
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== Spanish ==
=== Etymology ===
Literally, “he who has a mouth makes mistakes [while talking]”, playing on the internal rhyme boca (“mouth”)/equivoca (“he/she mistakes”).
=== Pronunciation ===
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 ===
quien tiene boca, se equivoca
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 ===
por la boca muere el pez