An invaluable travel lexicon!

How to say cheers in 50 languages!

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A-E

Language Spelling Phonetic Pronunciation
Afrikaans Gesondheid Ge-sund-hate
Albanian Gëzuar Geh-zoo-ah
Arabic (Egypt) فى صحتك: (to your health) 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) Egg-esh ay-ged-reh
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 Tulgatsgaaya 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 За тебя! (to you!)
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 /
Jou /
/ Dzo
Welsh Iechyd da Yeh-chid dah
Yiddish Sei gesund Say geh-sund

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