Latin Expressions

Question 1

corpus christi

Answer 1

• campus / el campus
• Body of Christ / Cuerpo de Cristo

Question 2

curriculum vitae

Answer 2

curriculum / el currículum vitae, currículum

Question 3

de incognito

Answer 3

incognito, secretly / el incógnito, a escondiadas

Question 4

deficit

Answer 4

opposite of excess / sobra

Question 5

ego

Answer 5

i, ego, egocentric / yo, ego, egotista

Question 6

et cetera

Answer 6

• means and other things / et = y, otras cosas
• et cetera / used at the end of a list to indicate that further, similar items are included

Question 7

grosso modo

Answer 7

generally, roughly, approximately / en general

Question 8

homo sapiens

Answer 8

the modern man / el hombre moderno

Question 9

in extremis

Answer 9

last minute / el último minuto

Question 10

in situ

Answer 10

situation, situated / situación, situado

Question 11

in ablis

Answer 11

in white / en blanco

Question 12

in vitro

Answer 12

made of glass / hecho de vidrio

Question 13

ipso facto

Answer 13

now / ahora, ya

Question 14

lapsus

Answer 14

lapse / el lapsus

Question 15

persona non grata

Answer 15

unpleasant / desagradable

Question 16

pater familias

Answer 16

head of the family / father of the family

jefe de familia / padre de familia

Question 17

numerus clausus

Answer 17

infinity / el infinito

Question 18

totum revolutum

Answer 18

mixed / mezclado

Question 19

locus amoenus

Answer 19

paradise / el paraíso

Question 20

plus

Answer 20

plus / el más

Question 21

podium

Answer 21

podio / podium

Question 22

quid

Answer 22

what / que / the beginning of a question

important / importante

Question 23

quisque

Answer 23

each one, each person / cada persona, todo el mundo

Question 24

quorum

Answer 24

the minimum number of attendees necessary to make something, such as a meeting, valid

número de asistentes necesarios

Question 25

referendum

Answer 25

consultation, inquiry (usually when a question or questions is asked to eligible electors who all must vote either ‘yes’ or ‘no’)

consulta

Question 26

requiescat

Answer 26

rest in peace

descansa en paz

Question 27

rigor mortis

Answer 27

the stiffened stage of death, in which a body is very stiff and unmovable

rigidez cadavérica

Question 28

tempus fugit

Answer 28

time flies

el tiempo vuela

Question 29

ultimatum

Answer 29

ultimatum / ultimátum, ultimo avisó

Question 30

vade retro

Answer 30

step back (stay back, Satan)

used to reject someone or something that produces horror or is a temptation

Question 31

veni, vidi, vici

Answer 31

i came, i saw, i conquered

yo vine, yo vi, yo conquisté

Question 32

vice versa

Answer 32

viceversa, al revés

Question 33

virus

Answer 33

virus, venom

Question 34

vox populi

Answer 34

voice/vote of the people / voz/vota del pueblo

Question 35

supernavit

Answer 35

excess, opposite of deficit / el exceso

Question 36

a priori

Answer 36

before the experience

Question 37

a posteriori

Answer 37

after the experience

Question 38

alter ego

Answer 38

another self / el alter ego

Question 39

urbi et orbi

Answer 39

city and the world / para la ciudad y el mundo

Question 40

sine die

Answer 40

without a date, indefinitely

sin fecha, indefinidamente

Question 41

ex profeso

Answer 41

expressly, specifically

expresamente, especificamente

Question 42

in flagrante

Answer 42

wrongdoing, misconduct

irregularidades, mala conducta

Question 43

sine qua non

Answer 43

without which, not

Question 44

maremagnum

Answer 44

chaos / el caos

Question 45

inter nos

Answer 45

between us / entre nosotros

Question 46

per capita

Answer 46

for each person / por cabeza

Question 47

sui generis

Answer 47

of its/their own kind / la su manera

Question 48

motu proprio

Answer 48

“of own impulse” or initiative / la iniciativa

Question 49

stricto sensu

Answer 49

in a strict sense / en el censo estricto

Question 50

sub iudice

Answer 50

‘subject to trial’ or ‘under the decision of a judge’ for pending issue

‘sujeto a juicio’ o ‘bajo la decisión de un juez

Question 51

alias

Answer 51

any name/identity used in place of the actual one

el alias