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.

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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!
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  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!
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!

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