Cheers/good health in many languages

The phrases on this page are all toasts, often used when drinking alcoholic beverages. In some languages longer, more elaborate toasts are popular.

Language	Phrase
Afrikaans	Gesondheid!
Albanian	Gëzuar! Gezuaror! Shëndeti tuaj!
Alsatian	G'sundheit!
Arabic (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	Afiyët oslun!
Basque	On egin! Topa! Eskerriska!
Belarusian	За здароўе (Za zdarou'e)
Bosnian	Živjeli!
Breton	Yec'hed mat! (good health)
Bulgarian	Наздраве! (Nazdrave)
Catalan	Salut! Txin txin!
Chamorro	Hago lao!
Chinese (Cantonese)	敬酒 (ging jáu), 飲杯 (yám buì)
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! Bunden i vejret eller resten i håret! (bottoms up or the rest in your hair)
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) Pohjanmaan kautta! (bottoms up)
French	Santé ! À votre santé !
Friulian	Bon pro! Vive! Cincin! Prosit!
Galician	¡Saúde!
Georgian	გაგიმარჯოთ! (gagimarjot) - frm გაგიმარჯოს! (gagimarjos) - inf ჯანმრთელობას გისურვებთ! (janmrtelobas gisurvebt) - frm ჯანმრთელობას გისურვებ! (janmrtelobas gisurveb) - inf
German	Prost! Prosit! Zum Wohl! Auf uns! Auf dich!
Greek	στην υγειά σου! (stiniyia' soo) - to one person στην υγειά σας! (stiniyia' sas) - to more than one person Εἰς ὑγείαν (Is iyían)
Greenlandic	Kasuutta!
Hawaiian	Okole Maluna! (bottoms up)
Hebrew	to life - (l'chaim) לְחַיִּים!
Hindi	अच्छी सेहत! (Acchī sehat!)
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) Sláinte chuig na fir, agus go mairfidh na mná go deo! (Health to the men and may the women live forever) Croi follain 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"
Jèrriais	Bouonne santé!
Kazakh	Денсаулығыңыз үшін! (Densawlığıñız üşin!)
Kikuyu	Rathima andu atene!
Korean	건배 [乾杯] (geonbae) lit. "dry glass", 위하여 (wihayeo)
Latin	Sanitas bona! 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) Slaynt vie, bea veayn, beeal fliugh as baase ayns Mannin (Good health, a long life, a wet mouth, and death in Mann)
Mongolian	Эрүүл мэндийн төлөө! (Erüül mehdiin tölöö)
Norwegian	Skål!
Occitan	A la bona santat! A la nòstra!
Persian	(salâmati!) سلامتی!
Polish	Na zdrowie!
Portuguese	Viva! Saúde! (health) Tim-Tim!
Rapanui	Manuía!
Romanian	Noroc! (good luck!)
Russian	Будем здоровы! (Budem zdorovy) - Let's stay healthy
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 that I see you and every day that I don't)
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)
Thai	ไชโย!
Turkish	Şerefe! (to honour) Saglığına! (sing) Saglığınıza! (pl/polite) - to your health
Ukrainian	Будьмо (Budʼmo), За здоров’я (Za zdorovʼja)
Uzbek	Oldik! / Sog'liq uchun!
Vietnamese	Chúc sức khoẻ!
Welsh	Iechyd da!
Xhosa	Impilo!
Yiddish	(Zayt gesunt) זייט געזונט
Zulu	Oogy wawa!

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Links and sources

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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