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How To Say “Cheers” In 50 Languages

  • by Staff Writers

Cheers! Bottoms up! Salut! No matter how you say it, clinking together your mugs or glasses is a way to celebrate friendships and new experiences. If you’re an avid backpacker, you’ve probably bonded with people all over the world over food and drinks.

Cheers!

Cheers! (Photo credit: vmiramontes)

If you’re looking to practice the “eat, drink, and be merry” ethos, you’ll want to know how to say “cheers” no matter where you you go.

Here’s a list of ways to say cheers in 50 languages to assist you in your travels – learn it, practice it, memorize it – or just look it up on your smartphone the next time you’re about to go bottoms up!

Language Spelling Phonetic Pronunciation
Afrikaans Gesondheid Ge-sund-hate
Albanian Gëzuar Geh-zoo-ah
Arabic (Egypt) فى صحتك: (literally good luck) Fe sahetek
Armenian (Western) Կէնաձդ Genatzt
Azerbaijani Nuş olsun Nush ohlsun
Bosnian Živjeli Zhee-vi-lee
Bulgarian Наздраве Naz-dra-vey
Burmese Aung myin par say Au-ng my-in par say
Catalan Salut Sah-lut
Chamorro (Guam) Biba Bih-bah
Chinese (Mandarin) 干杯
gān bēi
Gan bay
Croatian Živjeli /
Nazdravlje
Zhee-ve-lee /
Naz-dra-vlee
Czech Na zdravi Naz-drah vi
Danish Skål Skoal
Dutch Proost Prohst
Estonian Terviseks Ter-vih-sex
Filipino/Tagalog Mabuhay Mah-boo-hay
Finnish Kippis Kip-piss
French Santé /
A la votre
Sahn-tay /
Ah la vo-tre
Galician Salud Saw-lood
German Prost /
Zum wohl
Prohst /
Tsum vohl
Greek ΥΓΕΙΑ Yamas
Hawaiian Å’kålè ma’luna Okole maluna
Hebrew לחיים L’chaim
Hungarian Egészségedre (to your health) /
Fenékig (until the bottom of the glass)
Egg-esh ay-ged-reh /
Fehn-eh-keg
Icelandic Skál Sk-owl
Irish Gaelic Sláinte Slawn-cha
Italian Salute /
Cin cin
Saw-lutay /
Chin chin
Japanese 乾杯
Kanpai (Dry the glass)
Kan-pie
Korean 건배 Gun bae
Latvian Priekā /
Prosit
Pree-eh-ka /
Proh-sit
Lithuanian į sveikatą Ee sweh-kata
Macedonian На здравје Na zdravye
Mongolian Эрүүл мэндийн төлөө /
Tulgatsgaaya
ErUHl mehdiin toloo /
Tul-gats-gAH-ya
Norwegian Skål Skawl
Polish Na zdrowie Naz-droh-vee-ay
Portuguese Saúde Saw-OO-de
Romanian Noroc /
Sanatate
No-rock /
Sahn-atate
Russian Будем здоровы/
На здоровье
Budem zdorovi/
Na zdorovie
Serbian živeli Zhee-ve-lee
Slovak Na zdravie Naz-drah-vee-ay
Slovenian Na zdravje (literally on health) Naz-drah-vee
Spanish Salud Sah-lud
Swedish Skål Skawl
Thai Chok dee Chok dee
Turkish Şerefe Sher-i-feh
Ukranian будьмо Boodmo
Vietnamese Dô /
Vô /
Một hai ba, yo (one, two, three, yo)
Jou /
/ Dzo
Moat hi bah, yo
Welsh Iechyd da Yeh-chid dah
Yiddish Sei gesund Say geh-sund

Note: Whether you want to say cheers in German, cheers in Spanish, cheers in French, cheers in Japanese, or cheers in any of the other 50 languages above, remember that there may be regional and formality variations to these ways to say cheers. If you happen to happen to make a mistake don’t fret too much, just order another round and bury your faux-pas in an evening of laughter and drinks.

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