to err is human

to err is human

English

Etymology

Calque of Latin errāre hūmānum est.

Proverb

to err is human

1. Everyone makes mistakes.

Usage notes

• The phrase is often used as a part of a longer proverb in English, to err is human; to forgive, divine (Alexander Pope, "Essay on Criticism").

Translations

Everybody makes mistakes

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

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