How to say cheers in different languages. A quick guide for useful terms in many languages so the next time you lift your glass at a dinner party you can will have a few options to choose for saying Cheers! À votre santé and Skál! and What is your favorite term for Cheers?
Cheers! Salute! À votre santé and to your health! Let the cup be dry!
If you are sharing a bottle of great wine or just toasting with fruit juice, these phrases will bring a little Cheer to your toast. What to say when you raise your glass?
If you know one that is not on this list please post a comment!
LANGUAGE PHRASE
Afrikaans Gesondheid!
Albanian Gëzuar! Gezuaror! Shëndeti tuaj!
Alsatian G’sundheit!
(Egyptian) good health – (fee saḥitkum) في صحتكم!
Arabic (Kuwaiti) may you eat with health – (bil-‘áfya) بالعافية!
Armenian (Eastern) Կենա’ցդ (Kenaced) – rarely used
Asturian Gayola!
Azerbaijani Gayola! Afiyët oslun!
Basque On egin! Topa! Eskerriska!
Belarusian За здароўе (Za zdarou’e)
Bengali (jôe!) lit. ‘Victory!’
Bhojpuri मज़ा मेँ रहा (maza mein raha)
Bosnian Živjeli!
Breton Yec’hed mat! (good health)
Bulgarian Наздраве! (Nazdrave)
Catalan Salut! Txin txin!
Chamorro Biba!
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) – lit. “dry glass”
Chinese (Taiwanese) 呼乾啦! (Hō ta lah!) – lit. “Let it [the cup/glass] be dry [empty]”
Cornish Yeghes da! (good health), Ehaz ha sowenath whath tho why ha tho goz henath! (Health and prosperity ever to you and yours)
Croatian Živjeli! Uzdravlje!!
Czech Na zdraví!
Danish Skål!
Dutch Proost! Op je gezondheid!
English Cheers! Bottoms up! Down the hatch! Mud in your eye!
Esperanto Je via sano! Toston! Sanon!
Estonian Tervist! Teie terviseks! (to your health)
Faroese Skál!
Flemish Santé!
Fijian Bula!
Finnish Kippis!, Terveydeksi! (to your health), ohjanmaan kautta! (bottoms up)
French Santé ! À votre santé !
Friulian Bon pro! Vive! Cincin! Prosit!
Galician ¡Saúde!
Georgian გაგიმარჯოთ! (gagimarjoth) – frm, გაგიმარჯოს! (gagimarjos) – inf
German Prost! Prosit! Zum Wohl! Auf uns! Auf dich!
Greek 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!
Hawaiian Huli pau! ʻŌkole maluna! (bottoms up)
Hebrew (l’chaim) לְחַיִּים! (to life)
Hindi अच्छी सेहत के लिए! (acchī sehat ke lie!)
Hungarian Kedves egészségére!, Egészségedre! (sg) Egészségetekre! (pl) (to your health)
Icelandic Skál!
Indonesian Pro! Tos!
Inuktitut ᐃᓅᓯᖃᑦᓯᐊᖅ (Inuuhiqatsiaq/Inuusiqatsiaq)
Iñupiaq Sayakturutchiaq
Irish (Gaelic) Sláinte! (health), Sláinte mhaith! (good health), Sláinte agus táinte! (Health and wealth), Croi follain agus gob fliuch! (A healthy heart and a wet mouth)
Italian Salute! Cin cin!
Japanese 乾杯 (kanpai) lit. “dry glass”
Jèrriais Bouonne santé! (tumba santosha athavā khushiyāytu)
Kazakh Денсаулығыңыз үшін! (Densawlığıñız üşin!)
Kikuyu Rathima andu atene!
Korean 건배 [乾杯] (geonbae) lit. “dry glass”, 위하여 (wihayeo)
Latin Bonam sanitatem! Bene tibi!
Lativan Uz veselību! Priekā! (in happiness)
Lithuanian Į sveikatą!
Lombard Salùu!
Luxembourgish Prost!
Macedonian Наздравје (Nazdravye)
Malay Sihat selalu!
Maltese Evviva! Cirs!
Manx Slaynt! (health) Slaynt vie! (good health)
Māori Mauri ora! Kia ora!
Mongolian Эрүүл мэндийн төлөө! (Erüül mendiin tölöö)
Nepali शुभ कामना (subhakamana)
Norwegian Skål!
Occitan A la bona santat! A la nòstra!
Old English Wes þū hal!
Persian (be salâmati!) سلامتي! (salâmati!) به سلامتي!
Polish Na zdrowie!
Portuguese Viva! Saúde! (health) Tim-Tim!
Rapanui Manuía!
Romanian Noroc! (good luck!)
Russian На здоровье (Na zdarov’e), Будем здоровы! (Budem zdorovy) – Let’s stay healthy
Samoan Manuia!
Scottish Gaelic Slàinte! (health), Slàinte mhath! (good health)
Scots Guid Health!
Serbian Живео! (Živeo!) Живели (Živeli!) – Let’s live long
Slovak Na zdravie!
Slovenian Na zdravje! (to your health) Živijo!
Spanish ¡Salud!
Swahili Maisha marefu! Afya! Vifijo!
Swedish Skål!
Tagalog Mabuhay! (long life)
Tamil நல் ஆரோக்கியம் பெருக (nal aarokkiyam peruga)
Thai ไชโย! (chai-yoh)
Turkish Şerefe! (to honour)
Sağlığına! (sing) Sağlığınıza! (pl/polite) – to your health
Ukrainian Будьмо (Budʼmo), За здоровя (Za zdorovja)
Uzbek Oldik! / Sog’liq uchun!
Vietnamese Chúc sức khoẻ!
Welsh Iechyd da!
Xhosa Impilo!
Yiddish (Zayt gesunt) זייט געזונט
Yorùbá Ayọ ni o / Kara o le
Zulu Impilontle! Akubekuhle!
source www.omniglot.com
So now gather your friends and try out these cheers!
Salud! Viva Puerto Rico!!!
Egészségedre!
Having hosted a half-dozen exchange students over 30 years, this reminds me of deep bonds I have as host mother to beautiful people who are still part of my family! Proost, Tim, tim, Viva, Skal, Cheers
and LOVE TO ALL OF MY INTERNATIONAL daughters!!xoxxoxox Your American Mom ~ Kathy
“Joywarrior” P
An Old Spanish Toast; “To health, wealth and love and time to spend it all”.
Translation ; “Salud , amor y pesetas y tiempo para gastarlos”
Oops, just noticed it’s been mentioned already lol.
English – Here’s mud in your eye.
Egészségedre!
The kids at school loved learning some of these, clinking their water bottles everywhere 🙂
¡Hasta el fondo! Viva Chile
Salute! 🙂
Salud!
Inuktitut language of northern Canada – Chimo 😀
Thai = Che Loong