Latin in your language?

In French, we still use many phrases from latin language.
Here is a selection among my favorite :

  1. Carpe diem = profite du jour présent ! “Seize the day”, enjoy the present!

  2. Errare humanum est = l’erreur est humaine. It’s normal to make errors.

  3. Ad vitam æternam = pour toujours. forever

  4. Mea culpa = c’est ma faute. my mistake.

  5. Cogito ero sum = je pense donc je suis. I think, therefore I am. :thinking:

What are yours?
Are latin phrases also used in your language?

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In Spanish, we use “per se”, “a priori”, “alter ego”, curriculum vitae", “incógnito”, “lapsus” and more. I’m surprised how many we have :open_mouth:. What a good topic.

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In Spanish, we also use: ipso facto, a grosso modo, a priori, versus, modus operandi, vox populi, in situ, in vitro, in fragranti, in crescendo. There are many more, indeed, but those are the most common ones. :blush:

In fact, the expression ‘etcetera’ comes from the Latin expression et caetera which literally means ‘and the rest of the things’.

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