The phrases on this page are all toasts, often used when drinking alcoholic beverages. In some languages longer, more elaborate toasts are popular.
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| Language | Toast used when drinking |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Gesondheid! |
| Albanian (Gheg) | Gzuar! Gzuar, or! Shnêt n'tyê! |
| Albanian (Tosk) | Gëzuar! Gëzuar, or! Shëndeti tuaj! |
| Aleut | Qaĝanaazax̂ Ukudigatunal |
| Alsatian | G'sundheit! |
| Amharic | ለጤናችን (läṭenaččən) ለፍቅራችን (läfəqraččən) ለጓደኛነታችን (lägwadäňňannätaččən) |
| Arabic (Egyptian) |
good health - (fee saḥitkum) في صحتكم! |
| Arabic (Kuwaiti) | may you eat with health - (bil-'áfya) بالعافية! |
| Arabic (Moroccan) |
(besseha) بالصحة (besseha w raha) بالصحة و الراحة |
| Aragonese | Salut! |
| Armenian (Eastern) |
Կենա'ցդ (Kenaced) - rarely used |
| Armenian (Western) |
Առողջութիւն: (Arroghchootyoon) |
| Assamese | সুস্বাস্থ্যৰ বাবে! (xuswasthyôr babe!) |
| Asturian | Gayola! |
| Azerbaijani | Sənin sağlığına! Sizin sağlığınıza! |
| Basque | On egin! Topa! Eskerriska! |
| Batak (Toba) | Lissoi! |
| Bavarian | Brosd |
| Belarusian | За здароў'е (Za zdaroŭje) |
| Bemba | Chileshe! |
| Bengali | জয়! (J̌ôy!) lit. 'Victory!' |
| Bhojpuri | बढ़िया सेहत के वास्ते (badhiya sehat ke vaaste) |
| Bikol | Tagay! |
| Bosnian | Živjeli! Na zdravlje! |
| Breton | Yec'hed mat! |
| Bulgarian | Наздраве! (Nazdrave) |
| Catalan | Salut! Txin txin! |
| Chabacano de Zamboanga | Salud |
| Cebuano | Mabuhi! |
| Central Dusun | Gugu! (Cheers!) Lunduso! (Bottoms up!) Tius! (Bottoms up!) |
| Chabacano de Cavite | Buen salud |
| Chamorro (Guam dialect) |
Biba! |
| Chamorro (North Marianas dialect) |
Hago lao! |
| Chechen | Маршалла! (Marşalla!) |
| Chinese (Cantonese) |
飲勝 (yám sing) 飲杯 (yám bùi) 敬酒 (ging jáu) 幹杯 (gòn bùi) |
| Chinese (Mandarin) |
乾杯! [干杯!] (gān bēi) - "dry glass" |
| Chinese (Shanghainese) |
干杯干杯 (Gubeh gubeh!) |
| Chinese (Taiwanese) |
乾杯! (kan poe/pe!) 呼乾啦! (ho͘ ta là!) |
| Chuvash | Тав сире! (Tav sire!) |
| Cornish | Yeghes da! (good health) |
| Corsican | (À a) salute |
| Croatian | Živjeli! Uzdravlje! |
| Czech | Na zdraví! |
| Danish | Skål! Bunden i vejret eller resten i håret! (bottoms up or the rest in your hair) - only used with friends when very drunk |
| Dutch | Proost! Op je gezondheid! |
| Efik | Nsọñ idem! |
| Elfdalian | Skål! |
| English (British) | Good health! Cheers! Bottoms up! Down the hatch! |
| Estonian | Terviseks! |
| Extremaduran | Salú! |
| Faroese | Skál! |
| Fijian | Bula! |
| Finnish | Kippis! Terveydeksi! (to your health) Pohjanmaan kautta! (bottoms up) |
| Flemish (West) | Santé |
| French | Santé ! À votre santé ! À la vôtre ! À la tienne ! |
| Frisian (North - Mooring) | Sünhäid! |
| Frisian (West) | Tsjoch! |
| Friulian | Salût! A bon pro! Vive! Cincin! Prosit! |
| Galician | Saúde! |
| Gallo | Santë ! Haosse don ! Guer mat ! Tier mat ! Beuvéz ben ! A voutr bone santë ! |
| Gascon | A la santat ! |
| Georgian | გაგიმარჯოთ!
(gagimarjot!) - frm გაგიმარჯოს! (gagimarjos!) - inf ჯანმრთელობას გისურვებთ! (janmrtelobas gisurvebt!) - frm ჯანმრთელობას გისურვებ! (janmrtelobas gisurveb!) - inf |
| German | Prost! Prosit! (from Latin prosit - "may it be good") Zum Wohl! ("for well-being") Auf uns! ("to us") Auf dich! ("to you") Wohl bekomms Wohl bekommts Zum Wohlsein Wohlsein |
| Greek (Ancient) | Χαῖρε πολλά! (Kaíre pollá!) |
| Greek (Modern) | Στην υγειά σου! (Stin iyá su!) - sg Στην υγειά μας! (Stin iyá mas!) - pl including self Στην υγειά σας! (Stin iyá sas!) - pl not including self Είς υγείαν! (Is iyían) |
| Greenlandic | Kasuutta! |
| Guernésiais | À vot’ sàntaïe! |
| Haitian Creole | Ochan! Sante! Onè Respè! |
| Hawaiian | Huli pau! ʻŌkole maluna! (bottoms up - considered vulgar by some) |
| Hebrew | "to life" (l'chaim) לְחַיִּים! |
| Hindi | अच्छी सेहत के लिए! (acchī sehat ke lie!) |
| Hmong (White) | Zoo siab (good heart / happy) |
| Hungarian | Kedves egészségére! Egészségedre! (sg) Egészségetekre! (pl) (to your health) |
| Iban | Gerai Nyamai! |
| Icelandic | Skál! |
| Igbo | Mma mma nụ! |
| Iloko | Agbiag! |
| Indonesian | Santi! |
| Inuktitut | ᐃᓅᓯᖃᑦᓯᐊᖅ (Inuuhiqatsiaq/Inuusiqatsiaq) |
| Iñupiaq | Sayakturutchiaq! Imiqta! |
| Irish (Gaelic) | Sláinte! (Health) Sláinte mhaith! (Good health) Sláinte agus táinte! (Health and wealth) Sláinte chuig na fir, agus go mairfidh na mná go deo! (Health to the men and may the women live forever) Croí folláin agus gob fliuch! (A healthy heart and a wet mouth) Fad saol agat, gob fliuch, agus bás in Éirinn! (Long life to you, a wet mouth, and death in Ireland) |
| Italian | Salute! Cin cin! |
| Japanese | 乾杯 (kanpai) lit. "dry glass" |
| Javanese | ꦩꦸꦒꦶꦠꦤ꧀ꦱꦃꦢꦶꦥꦫꦶꦁꦔꦶꦏꦱꦫꦱ꧀ꦱꦤ꧀ (Mugi tansah diparingi kasarasan) (Kromo Inggil) ꦩꦸꦒꦱꦼꦲꦠ꧀ꦠꦼꦫꦸꦱ꧀ (Mugạ séhat terus) (Ngoko) |
| Jenesch | Voscha koda |
| Jèrriais | Bouonne santé! |
| Kalmyk | Сән менд бә! (Sän mend bä!) |
| Kannada | ತುಂಬಾ ಸಂತೋಷ ಅಥವಾ ಖುಷಿಯಾಯ್ತು (tumba santosha athavā khushiyāytu) |
| Kazakh | Денсаулығыңыз үшін!
(Densawlığıñız üşin!) Саулығыңыз үшін! (Sawlığıñız üşin!) |
| Khmer | ជល់មួយ (chôl muŏy) លើកដាច់ (leuk dach) |
| Kikuyu | rathima andu atene! rathimoi! |
| Kinyarwanda | Kubuzima bwacu! |
| Kiribati | Marurung! Tekeraoi! |
| Korean | 건배 [乾杯] (geonbae) - lit. "dry glass" 위하여 (wihayeo) |
| Kurdish (Kurmanji) | Noshî can be! (frm) Nosh be! (frm) Nosh! (frm) |
| Kurdish (Sorani) | Noş |
| Kyrgyz | Ден соолугубуз үчүн! (Den soolugubuz üchün!) |
| Lao | ຕຳແກ້ວ! (thum keo!) - hit glass ສຸຂະພາບແຂງແຮງ (sukhaphab khaeng haeng) ຂໍໃຫ້ສຸຂະພາບແຂງແຮງ (khor hai sukhaphab khaeng haeng) - wish (you) strong health |
| Latin | Bona sanitatem! Bonum sanitatem! Bone Sanitatem! Bene tibi! |
| Latvian | Uz veselību! Priekā! (in happiness) |
| Laz | კაი საღ–სალამათობა! (Ǩai sağ-salamatoba!) |
| Lithuanian | Į sveikatą! |
| Livvi-Karelian | Teijän tervehyökse! |
| Lombard | Salùu! |
| Low Saxon | Hold di fuchtig! (sg) Hold jo fuchtig! (pl) |
| Lule Sámi | Jugesta! |
| Luxembourgish | Prost! |
| Macedonian | Наздравје (Nazdravye) |
| Malagasy | Mirary fahasalamana e! |
| Malay | Sihat selalu! |
| Malayalam | ചിയേഴ്സ് (cheeyerus) |
| Maltese | Evviva! Ċirs! |
| Manx (Gaelic) | Slaynt! (health) Slaynt vie! (good health) Slaynt vie, bea veayn, beeal fliugh as baase ayns Mannin (Good health, a long life, a wet mouth, and death in Mann) |
| Māori | Mauri ora! Kia ora! |
| Marathi | आयुरारोग्य लाभो (āyurārogya labho) प्रकृती ठीक असो (prakruti thik aso) |
| Mongolian | Эрүүл мэндийн төлөө! (Erüül mendiin tölöö) |
| Nahuatl | Ma ixpāntzinco Ixpāntzinco |
| Navajo | Ahóá! |
| Ndebele (Northern - Zimbabwe) | Impilo enhle |
| Nepali | शुभकामना (śubhakāmanā) |
| Northern Sámi | Máistte! Jugis! |
| Northern Sotho | Bophelo bjo bobotse! (Good health!) |
| Norwegian | Skål! |
| Occitan | A la bona santat! A la nòstra! |
| Okinawan | 嘉例 (karii) |
| Old English | Gōd hælo! |
| Oriya | ଖୁଶି ରେ ରୁହନ୍ତ (Khuśi re ruhantu) |
| Ossetian | Уæ дæ цæрæнбоны тыххæй! (Uæ dæ cærænbony tyxxæj!) |
| Papiamento | Salud! Bon salud! |
| Pashto | (kha sehat walary) ښه صحت ولری |
| Persian (Farsi) | (salâmati!)سلامتي! (be salâmati!) به سلامتي! |
| Picard | A vo boéne santè ! |
| Polish | Na zdrowie! |
| Portuguese | Viva! Saúde! (health) Tchim-tchim! |
| Portuguese (Brazilian) | Viva! Saúde! (health) Tim-Tim! |
| Rapa Nui | Māuru-uru |
| Romanian | Noroc! |
| Romansh | Eviva! |
| Russian | За здоровье! (Za zdorov'e!) Будем здоровы! (Budem zdorovy) - Let's stay healthy |
| Rusyn | На здравя! (Na zdravja!) |
| Sakha | Доруобуйа туһугар! (doruobuja tuhugar) |
| Samoan | Manuia! |
| Sanskrit | शुभमस्तु (śubhamastu) |
| Sardinian (Logudorese) | Salute! |
| Scots | Cheers! Here's tae ye! Here's tae us, wha's like us? Gey few, an' they're a' deid |
| Scottish Gaelic | Slàinte! (health) Slàinte mhath! (good health) Slàinte mhor! (great health) Slàinte mhor a h-uile là a chi 's nach fhaic (Great health to you every day I see you and every day I don't) |
| Serbian | Живео! (Živeo!) Живели! (Živeli!) - Let's live long |
| Sicilian | Â saluti! |
| Sinhala | වාසනාවන්! (vāsatāvan) ඡය වේවා! (jaya vevā!) |
| Slovak | Na zdravie! |
| Slovenian | Na zdravje! (to your health) Živeli |
| Somali | Guul wanaagsan! Guul caafimaad! |
| Sorbian (Lower) | K strowosći! |
| Sorbian (Upper) | K strowosći! |
| Southern Sámi | Bööresth! Båetieh bööresth! |
| Spanish | ¡Salud! |
| Sundanese | Mugi dipasihan kaséhatan (vfrm) Mugi sing séhat |
| Swahili | Maisha marefu! Afya! Vifijo! |
| Swazi | Imphilo lenhle! |
| Swedish | Skål! |
| Swiss German | Broscht! |
| Tagalog | Mabuhay! (long life) |
| Tahitian | Manuia! |
| Tamil (formal) | நல் ஆரோக்கியம் பெருக (nal aarokkiyam peruga) [ml] [fm] |
| Tamil (informal) | நல்லாரோக்கியம் பெருக (nalaarokkiyam peruga) [fm] |
| Tatar | Isänlektä |
| Telugu | శుభ ఆరోగ్యం (shubha aaroagyaṅ) |
| Tetum | Saúde! |
| Thai | ไชโย! (chai-yoh) |
| Tibetan | གཟུགས་པོ་བདེ་ཐང་། (suk-bo de-thang) |
| Tigrinya | ንጥዕናና (nTi’enana) |
| Tok Pisin | Cheers! God blesim yu! |
| Tongan | Ofa atu! |
| Tswana | Pholo e ntle! |
| Turkish | Şerefe! (to honour) Sağlığına! (sg) Sağlığınıza! (pl/frm) - to your health |
| Tuvaluan | Manuia! |
| Urdu | اچھی صہت کۓ لیۓ! (ache sehat kay leyae) |
| Ukrainian | Будьмо (Budʼmo) За здоровя (Za zdorovja) |
| Uyghur | (Hoshä!) خوشە! (Sağlamliq üchün!) ساغلاملىق ئۈچۈن! |
| Uzbek | Oldik! Sog'liq uchun! |
| Vietnamese | Chúc sức khoẻ! |
| Võro | Tehrü pääle! |
| Walloon | Al'boune vosse ! Bone santè ! |
| Welsh | Iechyd da! |
| Wolof | Wer gu yaram! |
| Wymsorys | Hyłf Göt! |
| Xhosa | Impilo! |
| Yiddish | (lekhayem) לחיים |
| Yoruba | Ayọ ni o Kara o le |
| Zulu | Impilontle! Akubekuhle! |
| Auxiliary and constructed languages | |
|---|---|
| Esperanto | Je via sano! Toston! Sanon! |
| Folkspraak | Prost! Prosit! |
| Interlingua | A vostre sanitate! A vostre salute! Bon sanitate! |
| Klingon | 'IwlIj jachjaj ("May your blood scream!") |
| Quenya | Almien! (To good fortune!) |
| Volapük | Dabenö! Ad saun ola! Ad saun olas! |
If you would like to make any corrections or additions to this page, or if you can provide recordings, please contact me.
http://www.awa.dk/glosary/slainte.htm
http://home.tiscali.dk/mortenl/cheers.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_phrases_in_different_languages
http://irish.spike-jamie.com/gaelic.html
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