et tu, Brute

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• /ɛt ˈtu ˌbɹuteɪ/
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Borrowed from Latin et tū, Brūte (literally “and you, Brutus”). Used figuratively from 1591 (sometimes jocularly) to express shock and sadness at the treachery of a good friend. Although apparently an Elizabethan invention, a “genuine antique reproduction”, it appears to have been well known in England before its use in Shakespeare's Julius Caesar.

19 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Czech: i ty, Brute — expression of betrayal
• Danish: et tu, Brute — expression of betrayal
• Danish: også du, Brute? — expression of betrayal
• Estonian: ka sina, Brutus — expression of betrayal
• Faroese: Eisini tú, Brutus? — expression of betrayal
• Finnish: sinäkin, Brutukseni — expression of betrayal
• French: tu quoque mi fili — expression of betrayal
• Georgian: შენც, ჩემო ბრუტუს? (šenc, čemo bruṭus?) — expression of betrayal
• German: auch du, Brutus — expression of betrayal
• German: auch du, mein Sohn Brutus — expression of betrayal
• Icelandic: og þú líka, Brútus — expression of betrayal
• Japanese: ブルータス、お前もか (Burūtasu, o-mae mo ka) — expression of betrayal
• Kazakh: сен де, Брут? (sen de, Brut?) — expression of betrayal
• Polish: I ty, Brutusie — expression of betrayal
• Portuguese: até tu, Brutus? — expression of betrayal
• Russian: И ты́, Брут? (I tý, Brut?) — expression of betrayal
• Swedish: även du, Brutus? — expression of betrayal
• Swedish: även du, min Brutus? — expression of betrayal
• Turkish: sen de mi Brütüs? — expression of betrayal