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^(key): /ɪn ˈviː.nəʊ vɛ.ɹɪˈtæs/

Proverb

in vino veritas

1. Things said under the influence of alcohol reveal true beliefs not expressed when sober.

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: اَلْحَقِيقَة فِي اَلنَّبِيذ‏‎ (al-ḥaqīqa fī n-nabīḏ)
• Bulgarian: във виното е истината (vǎv vínoto e ístinata)
• Chinese:

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

• Czech: ve víně je pravda
• Dutch: kinderen en dronken mensen spreken altijd de waarheid
• Finnish: viinissä on totuus
• French: la vérité est dans le vin
• German: im Wein liegt die Wahrheit
• Greek: εν οίνω αλήθεια (el) (en oíno alítheia)

• Hebrew: נכנס יין יצא סוד‏‎ (he) (nikhnas yayin yatsa' sod), בשלשה דברים אדם ניכר: בכוסו, בכיסו, ובכעסו.‏‎ (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, in vino veritas
• Japanese: 酒の中に真理あり (sake-no naka-ni shinri ari), 酒に酔うと本音が出る (sake-ni you to honne-ga deru)
• Kazakh: ақиқат шарапта (aqïqat şarapta)
• Latin: in vino veritas
• Polish: w winie prawda
• Portuguese: no vinho a verdade
• Russian: и́стина в вине́ (ístina v viné), пра́вда в вине́ (právda v viné), что у тре́звого на уме́, то у пья́ного на языке́ (ru) (što u trézvovo na umé, to u pʹjánovo na jazyké) (what a sober man has on his mind, a drunk man has on his tongue)
• Spanish: en el vino está la verdad