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to err is human

to err is human proverb: everyone makes mistakes.

Proverb

to err is human

  1. Everyone makes mistakes.

to err is human meaning in Hindi, Arabic, Persian and Vietnamese

to err is human in Hindi

Everybody makes mistakes
गलती करना मानव का स्वभाव है galtī karnā mānav kā svabhāv hai

to err is human in Arabic

Everybody makes mistakes
كُلّ اِبْن آدَم خَطَّاء kull ibn ʔādam ḵaṭṭāʔ

to err is human in Persian

Everybody makes mistakes
انسان جایزالخطاست ensân jâyez-ol-xatâst

to err is human in Vietnamese

Everybody makes mistakes
ai cũng có lúc mắc phải sai lầm

Origin of to err is human

Calque of Latin errāre hūmānum est.

Questions about to err is human

What does to err is human mean?
To err is human means everyone makes mistakes.
What is to err is human in Hindi?
To err is human in Hindi is गलती करना मानव का स्वभाव है (galtī karnā mānav kā svabhāv hai). See To err is human meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is to err is human?
To err is human is a proverb.

Words near to err is human in the dictionary

  1. to distraction
  2. to do with
  3. to each his own
  4. to each their own
  5. to emphasize everything is to emphasize nothing
  6. to err is human
  7. to err is human; to forgive, divine
  8. to excess
  9. to go
  10. to God
  11. to hand

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