in vino veritas

English

Etymology

From Latin: in (“in”) + vīnō, the ablative singular of vīnum (“wine”) + vēritās (“truth”). Thus, “in wine there is truth”. First attested, as volgoque veritas iam attributa vino est, in the Naturalis Historia (XIV, 141) of Pliny the Elder.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ɪn ˈviː.nəʊ vɛ.ɹɪˈtæs/

Proverb

in vino veritas

1. drunken folks speak truth, one tells the truth under the influence of alcohol

Usage notes

• Used to refer to the effect of alcohol on reducing inhibitions, allowing someone to say what they truly think.
• Secondarily, used to suggest that one's perceptions and emotions when drunk are more real than when sober.

Translations

one tells the truth under the influence of alcohol

• Arabic: الحقيقة في النبيذ (ar) (al-Haqiiqa fi al-nabiidh)
• Bulgarian: във виното е истината (bg) (vǎv vínoto e ístinata)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 酒後吐真言 (cmn), 酒后吐真言 (cmn) (jiǔhòu tǔ zhēnyán)

• Czech: ve víně je pravda (cs)
• Dutch: kinderen en dronken mensen spreken altijd de waarheid (nl)
• Finnish: viinissä on totuus (fi)
• French: la vérité est dans le vin (fr)
• German: im Wein liegt die Wahrheit (de)
• Greek: εν οίνω αλήθεια (el) (en íno alíthia)
• Hebrew: בשלשה דברים אדם ניכר: בכוסו, בכיסו, ובכעסו. (he) (bish'loshá d'varím 'adám nikkár: b'khosó, b'khisó, uv'kha`asó.)

• Hungarian: borban az igazság (hu)
• Italian: nel vino c'è la verità (it), in vino veritas (it)
• Japanese: 酒の中に真理あり (ja) (sake-no naka-ni shinri ari), 酒に酔うと本音が出る (ja) (sake-ni you to honne-ga deru)
• Latin: in vino veritas (la)
• Polish: w winie prawda (pl)
• Russian: истина в вине (ru) (ístina v viné), правда в вине (ru) (právda v viné), что у трезвого на уме, то у пьяного на языке (ru) (što u trézvovo na umé, to u p'jánovo na jazyké) (what a sober man has on his mind, a drunk man has on his tongue)
• Spanish: en el vino está la verdad (es)