to err is human

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Calque of Latin errāre hūmānum est.

49 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: كُلّ اِبْن آدَم خَطَّاء (kull ibn ʔādam ḵaṭṭāʔ) — Everybody makes mistakes
• Bulgarian: да се греши е човешко (da se greši e čoveško) — Everybody makes mistakes
• Chinese Mandarin: 人非聖賢,孰能無過 /人非圣贤 — Everybody makes mistakes
• Chinese Mandarin: 孰能无过 (rén fēi shèngxián, shú néng wúguò) — Everybody makes mistakes
• Chinese Mandarin: 人有錯手,馬有失蹄 /人有错手 — Everybody makes mistakes
• Chinese Mandarin: 马有失蹄 (rén yǒu cùo shǒu, mǎ yǒu shī tí) — Everybody makes mistakes
• Czech: mýlit se je lidské — Everybody makes mistakes
• Czech: chybovat je lidské — Everybody makes mistakes
• Danish: det er menneskeligt at fejle — Everybody makes mistakes
• Dutch: vergissen is menselijk — Everybody makes mistakes
• Estonian: eksimine on inimlik — Everybody makes mistakes
• Faroese: tað er menniskjaligt at mistaka seg — Everybody makes mistakes
• Finnish: erehtyminen on inhimillistä — Everybody makes mistakes
• French: l'erreur est humaine — Everybody makes mistakes
• Georgian: შეცდომა ადამიანის თვისებაა (šecdoma adamianis tvisebaa) — Everybody makes mistakes
• German: Irren ist menschlich — Everybody makes mistakes
• Greek: να σκεφτείτε είναι ανθρώπινη (na skefteíte eínai anthrópini) — Everybody makes mistakes
• Hebrew: לטעות זה אנושי — Everybody makes mistakes
• Hindi: गलती करना मानव का स्वभाव है (galtī karnā mānav kā svabhāv hai) — Everybody makes mistakes
• Hungarian: tévedni emberi dolog — Everybody makes mistakes
• Icelandic: það er mannlegt að skjátlast — Everybody makes mistakes
• Irish: is é sin an duine — Everybody makes mistakes
• Italian: errare è umano — Everybody makes mistakes
• Japanese: 誤るのが人間である (ayamaru no ga ningen de aru) — Everybody makes mistakes
• Korean: 실수는 인간이다 (silsuneun in'ganida) — Everybody makes mistakes
• Latin: errare humanum est — Everybody makes mistakes
• Latin: humanum est errare — Everybody makes mistakes
• Latvian: kļūdīties ir cilvēcīgi — Everybody makes mistakes
• Lithuanian: visi daro klaidų — Everybody makes mistakes
• Low German: Irren is minschlich — Everybody makes mistakes
• Norwegian: det er menneskelig å feile — Everybody makes mistakes
• Persian: انسان جایزالخطاست (ensân jâyez-ol-xatâst) — Everybody makes mistakes
• Polish: błądzić jest rzeczą ludzką — Everybody makes mistakes
• Polish: mylić się jest rzeczą ludzką — Everybody makes mistakes
• Portuguese: errar é humano — Everybody makes mistakes
• Romanian: a greși este omenește — Everybody makes mistakes
• Russian: челове́ку сво́йственно ошиба́ться (čelovéku svójstvenno ošibátʹsja) — Everybody makes mistakes
• Serbo-Croatian: гре́шити је̏ љу̀дскӣ — Everybody makes mistakes
• Serbo-Croatian: gréšiti jȅ ljùdski — Everybody makes mistakes
• Serbo-Croatian: grijéšiti jȅ ljùdski — Everybody makes mistakes
• Slovak: mýliť sa je ľudské — Everybody makes mistakes
• Somali: qof waliba wuu gefaa — Everybody makes mistakes
• Spanish: errar es humano — Everybody makes mistakes
• Spanish: quien tiene boca, se equivoca — Everybody makes mistakes
• Swedish: det är mänskligt att fela — Everybody makes mistakes
• Swedish: att fela är mänskligt — Everybody makes mistakes
• Turkish: herkes hata yapar — Everybody makes mistakes
• Turkish: hatasız kul olmaz — Everybody makes mistakes
• Vietnamese: ai cũng có lúc mắc phải sai lầm — Everybody makes mistakes