Phrases |
'Useful' phrases |
Idioms |
Tongue twisters |
Language-related proverbs
How to wish people luck in many different languages.
| Language | Phrase |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Sterkte! |
| Albanian | Paç fat! |
| Arabic (Modern Standard) | (bettawfēq) بالتوفيق! |
| Armenian (Eastern) | Հաջողությո'ւն: (Hajoghutyun) Բարի' բախտ: (Bari bakh.t) |
| Basque | Zorte on! |
| Breton | Chañs vat! |
| Bulgarian | Успех
(Uspex)
|
| Catalan | Bona sort! Molta sort! |
| Chamorro | Suette! |
| Chinese (Cantonese) | 祝你好運 (jūk néih hóuwahn) |
| Chinese (Mandarin) | 祝你好運 (zhù nǐ háoyùn) |
| Chinese (Teochew) | 祝福 (jok4 hok4) |
| Cornish | Chons da!
|
| Croatian | Sretno |
| Czech | Hodně štěstí!
|
| Danish | Held og lykke! |
| Dutch | Succes! Veel geluk! |
| Esperanto | Bonŝancon! |
| Estonian | Edu! |
| Faroese | Góða eydnu |
| Finnish | Onnea! |
| French | Bonne chance !
|
| Friulian | Buine fortune |
| Georgian | წარმატებებს გისურვებთ
(carmatebebs gisurvebt) - frm წარმატებებს გისურვებ (carmatebebs gisurveb) - inf |
| German | Viel Glück! Alles Gute! |
| German (Hessian) | Veel Glück! |
| Greek | Καλὴ τύχη!
(Kalí tíhi)
|
| Hawaiian | Maikaʻi Pomaikaʻi! |
| Hebrew |
(Behatslacha) בהצלחה
|
| Hungarian | Sok szerencsét kivánok! |
| Icelandic | Gangi þér vel! |
| Indonesian | Semoga Beruntung! |
| Inuktitut | ᐊᔪᙱᒋᐊᕐᓗᑎᑦ (Ajunngigiarlutit) |
| Irish (Gaelic) | Go n-éirí an t-ádh leat! Ádh mór ort! |
| Italian | Buona fortuna!
In bocca al lupo!
|
| Japanese | ご幸運を祈ります! (gokoūn o inorimasu) |
| Jèrriais | Bouonne cache / dés crouaîsis (fingers crossed) |
| Kazakh | Іске сәт (İske sät) |
| Korean | 행운! (haeng un) |
| Latin | Bona fortuna! |
| Latvian | Laimīgs gadījums! Veiksmi! |
| Lithuanian | Sėkmės! Geros kloties! |
| Luxembourgish | Vill Gléck! |
| Macedonian | Со среќа!
(So srekya!),
Среќно!
(Srekno!)
|
| Malay | Selamat Maju Jaya! (go forward and victory) |
| Maltese | Xewqat sbieħ / Awguri |
| Manx | Aigh vie! Noorey vie ort/erriu! Oorey vie ort/erriu! Sonnys ort/erriu! |
| Norwegian | Lykke til! |
| Occitan | Bon astre! |
| Persian | (mo'afagh bashed) موفق باشيد |
| Polish | Powodzenia!
|
| Portuguese | Boa sorte!
|
| Romanian | Noroc! Baftă! (inf) |
| Russian | Удачи!
(Udači)
|
| Scots | Guid Luck! |
| Scottish Gaelic | Sealbh math dhuit/dhuibh! Gur math a thèid leat/leibh! Piseach! Piseach mhath ort/oirbh! G'un robh math agad! |
| Serbian | Срећно (Srećno) |
| Sesotho | Ke o lakaletsa mohlohonolo |
| Shona | Uve nemhanza yakanaka (sg) Muve nemhanza yakanaka (pl) |
| Slovak | Veľa šťastia! |
| Slovenian | Srečno |
| Spanish | ¡Buena suerte! |
| Swahili | Bahati njema! |
| Swedish | Lycka till!
|
| Tagalog | Suwertehin ka sana / Magsumikap ka / Pagbutihin mo Mapasa iyo nawa ang suwerte (old fashioned) |
| Thai | ขอให้โชคดี! |
| Tsez | Бах бохъолI дебес! (Bax boqoƛ debes!) |
| Turkish | İyi şanslar! |
| Ukrainian | Щасти вам/тобі! (Ščasty vam/tobi)
Нехай щастить! (Nexaj ščastytʼ) На все добре! (Na vse dobre) |
| Urdu | (allah ka fazal ho) اللہ کا فضل ہو! |
| Uzbek | Omad yor bo'lsin!
|
| Venda | Ndzi ku navelela mikateko |
| Vietnamese | Chúc may mắn! |
| Visayan | Maayong swerte! |
| Welsh | Pob lwc!
|
| Xhosa | Amathamsanqa |
| Yiddish | (Zol zayn mit mazl!) זאָל זײַן מיט מזל! (Glik!) גליק! |
| Yiddish | |
| Zulu | Ngikufisela iwela! |
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