Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
One life One chance
Latin translation:
Vna vita, una potestas
Added to glossary by
Joseph Brazauskas
Jan 24, 2010 07:55
14 yrs ago
English term
One life One chance
English to Latin
Other
Poetry & Literature
You only live once
Proposed translations
(Latin)
| 5 +1 | Vna vita, una potestas |
Joseph Brazauskas
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| 4 -1 | Vita una est. |
Álvaro Bongiovanni
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Change log
Feb 4, 2010 13:48: Joseph Brazauskas Created KOG entry
Proposed translations
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Joseph Brazauskas
United States
United States
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When You Want It Done Right
Native in: English (Variant: British) 
, Spanish (Variant: Standard-Spain)
Works in: Latin to English, English to Latin, Greek (Ancient) to English, and 23 more.
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Vna vita, una potestas
'Potestas' means an opportunity. You could employ 'unus casus', which means '(accidental) chance', lit. what befalls one, good or bad.
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perbon
: Agree but I would use "occasio" instead of "potestas".
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Álvaro Bongiovanni
Argentina
Argentina
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Argentina
A man of words, a man of action.
Native in: Spanish (Variants: Rioplatense, Argentine)
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English, French to Spanish, and 2 more.
Vita una est.
This is my latin version for the phrase. There is probably a proverb for this idea. If I find it later, I will add it as a note.
Hope this will help.
Hope this will help.
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Joseph Brazauskas
: It means 'Life is one'./No, 'Life is only one' would be 'Vita tantum una est' or 'Vita una modo est', at least in classical Latin.
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It means "Life is ONLY one".
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Discussion
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