Nobody gives you anything for free.

11:26 Feb 20, 2019
English to Latin translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature / motto
English term or phrase: Nobody gives you anything for free.
How to say this motto in Latin, please?:

Nobody gives you anything for free.
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Summary of answers provided
4 +1Nemo quicquam gratuito tibi dat
Nouatus
4Nemo dat quod sine pretio
Daniela Cannarella
4Nemo tibi quid dat gratis.
Joseph Brazauskas


  

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nobody gives you anything for free.
Nemo dat quod sine pretio


Explanation:
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Daniela Cannarella
Italy
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
nobody gives you anything for free.
Nemo quicquam gratuito tibi dat


Explanation:
It can also sound good in the passive voice, and shorter: Nihil tibi gratuito datur

Nouatus
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agree  Joseph Brazauskas
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374 days   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
nobody gives you anything for free.
Nemo tibi quid dat gratis.


Explanation:
'Gratis' being the contracted abl. pl. for 'gratiis', 'without recompense, for nothing, gratis')

Joseph Brazauskas
United States
Local time: 19:17
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