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What does “Echando a perder se aprende” mean in Costa Rica?

ProverbsLife lessons

You learn by messing up. Said kindly to someone who just made a mistake.

Word for word: By ruining things, one learns.

How to say it
e·chan·do a per·der se a·pren·de
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