CHEERS! Here’s to you! Bottom’s up! The clinking of glasses can help cement friendships and celebrate new ones — it’s an expression of goodwill and one that every traveler should know.

So raise your glass to the Matador editors, to the tourism bureaus, and to the hostels around the world that helped me put together our collection of how to say “Cheers!” in 50 languages.

Remember to use these responsibly — in some countries, drinking is illegal. There may also be some regional and formality variations in pronunciation, but these should get the job done!

A – E

Language Spelling Phonetic Pronunciation Afrikaans Gesondheid Ge-sund-hate Albanian Gëzuar Geh-zoo-ah Arabic (Egypt) فى صحتك: (literally “good luck”) Fe sahetek Armenian (Western) Կէնաձդ Genatzt Azerbaijani Nuş olsun Nush ohlsun Bosnian Živjeli Zhee-vi-lee Bulgarian Наздраве Naz-dra-vey Burmese Aung myin par say Au-ng my-in par say Catalan Salut Sah-lut Chamorro (Guam) Biba Bih-bah Chinese (Mandarin) 干杯

gān bēi Gan bay Croatian Živjeli / Nazdravlje Zhee-ve-lee / Naz-dra-vlee Czech Na zdravi Naz-drah vi Danish Skål Skoal Dutch Proost Prohst Estonian Terviseks Ter-vih-sex





F – M

Language Spelling Phonetic Pronunciation Filipino/Tagalog Mabuhay Mah-boo-hay Finnish Kippis Kip-piss French Santé / A la votre Sahn-tay / Ah la vo-tre Galician Salud Saw-lood German Prost / Zum wohl Prohst / Tsum vohl Greek ΥΓΕΙΑ Yamas Hawaiian Å’kålè ma’luna Okole maluna Hebrew לחיים L’chaim Hungarian Egészségedre (to your health)

or

Fenékig (until the bottom of the glass) Egg-esh ay-ged-reh

or

Fehn-eh-keg Icelandic Skál Sk-owl Irish Gaelic Sláinte Slawn-cha Italian Salute / Cin cin Saw-lutay / Chin chin Japanese 乾杯

Kanpai (Dry the glass) Kan-pie Korean 건배 Gun bae Latvian Priekā / Prosit Pree-eh-ka / Proh-sit Lithuanian į sveikatą Ee sweh-kata Macedonian На здравје Na zdravye Mongolian Эрүүл мэндийн төлөө / Tulgatsgaaya ErUHl mehdiin toloo / Tul-gats-gAH-ya





N – Z

Language Spelling Phonetic Pronunciation Norwegian Skål Skawl Polish Na zdrowie Naz-droh-vee-ay Portuguese Saúde Saw-OO-de Romanian Noroc / Sanatate No-rock / Sahn-atate Russian Будем здоровы / На здоровье Budem zdorovi/ Na zdorovie Serbian živeli Zhee-ve-lee Slovak Na zdravie Naz-drah-vee-ay Slovenian Na zdravje (literally “on health”) Naz-drah-vee Spanish Salud Sah-lud Swedish Skål Skawl Thai Chok dee Chok dee Turkish Şerefe Sher-i-feh Ukranian будьмо Boodmo Vietnamese Dô / Vô / Một hai ba, yo (one, two, three, yo) Jou / Dzo/ Moat hi bah, yo Welsh Iechyd da Yeh-chid dah Yiddish Sei gesund Say geh-sund

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