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Username: Monster
Post Number: 476
Registered: 7-2002
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Country Remark / explanation
A
Africa Kenya - hey is Jambo
Kikuyu (Kenya) Rathima andu atene
Agentina (Spanish - Latin American)
America Cheers
Albanian Gezuar
Albanian Gëzuar
Arabic Fisehatak (to your health)
Armenian Genatzt
Armenian Genatsoot ("Life")
Austrian / Austria Prosit - Prost (German)
Shucram (United Arab Emirates)
Azerbaijani ? Afiyæt oslun
AWA AWA !!! klinke klanke glasset i bordet gentagne gange ...
et AWA i en sætning udløser en skål.
Australia Cheers ? Cherio
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B
Bahasa (Indonesia) Pro
Baluchi (Iran) Vashi
Basque On egin
Belgian / Belgium 'op uw gezondheid' is fine for the Flemish (Dutch speaking) part of the country but for the other half, the French speaking people, it's the same as for France 'A VOTRE SANTE', although there are of course many other expressions.
Thanx to Patricia WRIGHT (Belgium / French)
Belize (English)?
Bolivia (Spanish - Latin America)
Brazilian Saude, Viva
(Spain, France) Topa
Brunei Darussalam (Malay)?
Bulgarian Na zdrave (to your health)
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C
Canada Cheers
Caribbean ?
Catalan (Spanish)?
Catalan (Spain) Salut
Txin txin
Sant Hilari, Sant Hilari, fill de puta qui no se l'acabi ("Son of a ••••• the one that does not finish the cup", vulgar)
Chile (Spanish - Latin American)?
Chinese Nien Nien nu e. Kong Chien
Chinese Yung sing ("drink and win")
(Cantonese) Gom bui ("dry the cup")
Chinese Gan bei ("dry the cup")
(Mandarin)
Colombia (Spanish - Latin American)
Costa Rica (Spanish - Latin American)
Croatian Zivjeli (write a small v above the Z)
Czech Na zdraví (to your health)
Czechoslovakian Na Zdravi, Nazdar
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D
Denmark / Danish / Dansk Skaal / Skål
Bunden i vejret eller resten i håret (Bottoms up or the rest in your hair.)
Dominican Republic (Spanish - Latin American)
Dutch / Netherlands Proost. Proost, Geluk, or Gezondheid
Dutch (Flemish) Proost
Gezondheid (to your health)
Dutch (Belgium)
Dutch (Netherlands)
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E
Egyptian Fee sihetak
Egyptian Bisochtak
El Salvador (Spanish - Latin American)?
English Cheers Cheerio (UK) - Lets toast
Here's mud in your eye (UK, vulgar)(expr. may be from Bible, John 9:1-41)
Bottoms up (USA)
Down the hatch (vulgar)
Hey howdy (Arizona, informal)
Esperanto Je via sano (to your health) (constructed) Toston ("(I propose) a toast")
Estonian Tervist
(Teie) terviseks (to your health)
Ethiopia they says T'chen chen
Equador (Spanish - Latin American)
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F
Faroese / Faeroese Skál
Finnish (Suomi) Kippis. Maljanne
Kippis is the most common way to say cheers but "maljanne" is very rear. It is very polite way to say your toast. That is never used in Finland.
There is also "Hölkyn kölkyn". It doesn't mean anything but it sounds funny. That is used when you want to be funny or if you want to make foreign tourists to laugh.
"Pohjanmaan kautta" means bottoms up. Pohjanmaa is a large area in the north west Finland. "Pohjanmaan kautta" is widely used E.g when you drink vodka.
Thank you to Juha Nieminen
Kippis Terveydeksi (formal) (to your health)
French / France A votre sante
(À votre) santé (to your health) À la votre (response "And to yours")
Frisian Tsjoch (Netherlands)
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G
Gaelic (Ireland) Sláinte (to your health)
Gaelic (Scotland) Slaandjivaa (to your health) Slainte mhoiz
Slainte Mhor (Slainte vor) / Slainte Mhath
Galician (Spain) Saúde
Georgian Vielen danke zu Dr.Wilram Tiemann :
Der Georgier sagt: "vakhtanguri", wir sagen "prost", der Engländer "cheers" und der Däne "ska&ål". Dies ist nicht richtig. Der Georgier sagt zu einer Gruppe vonm Menschen: "Gaumardschoss". Dies bedeutet: "man möge siegen". Zu einer Einzelperson sagt der Georgier: "Gagimardschoss", das soviel wie "du mögest siegen" bedeutet. Also in kartuli ena (=georgischer Sprache) heißt "prost": Gaumardschoss. Michail Saakaschwili oder Aduard Schewardnadse würden nie: "vakhtaanguri" sagen . "vakhtanguri" sagen nur die im Landesteil Gurian lebenden Menschen. Diese haben auch einen eigenen Dialekt. Guria liegt im Südwesten von Georgien. Woher ich das alles weiß? Meinen Freund, ein deutscher Offizier, der mehrere Jahre dort leben mußte, wollte ich mit dem Wort " vakhtanguri" überraschen. Dann wurde ich aufgeklärt. Mit freundlichen Grüßen und "prost" oder besser "ska°l". Ihr Dr.Wilram Tiemann
Most common : Gagimardschoss / Gaumardschoss Only in some parts of Georgien (Vakhtanguri)
German (Germany) Prost (beer)
Zum Wohl (wine) (to your health)
Hau weg den Scheiss (vulgar)
I would pretty much prefer the first (common) one as the second one is never used at all. You should remove it. 'Gruss Got' is used to welcome a person but not at all in the sense of 'cheers'.
German Prosit. Auf ihr wohl - Gruß got. - Prost ?
Greek Eis Igian
Greek Stin ijiasas
Jamas
Greenlandic Kassutta ("Let our glasses meet")
Imeqatigiitta ("Let's drink together")
Guatemala (Spanish - Latin American)?
Country Remark / explanation
H
Hawaiian Okole maluna
Okole malune
Hebrew L'chaim ("To life")
Honduras (Spanish - Latin American)?
Hungarian Kedves egeszsegere
Hungarian Egészségedre (sing.) (to your health)
Egészségetekre (plur.) (to your health)
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I
Icelandic Skál
Indian A la sature
Indonesia Pro ( They sometimes say tos (sounds like "toss" back that drink))
Interlingua A vostre sanitate (to your health)
(constructed) A vostre salute
Ireland Sláinte (to your health)
In Northern Ireland (Ulster) there are three main offical languages : English,Irish and Ulster-Scots
Cheers in Northern Ireland (Ulster) is Slainte! (to your health) in Irish AND "Guid forder!" (good luck) in Ulster-Scots.
Thanx to Paul for information
Italian / Italy Cin cin (formal)
Salute (informal)
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J
Japan / Nippon Kampai / Campai
Japanese Kampai. Banzai
Japanese Kampai
Jamaica ?
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K
Kikuyu (Kenya) Rathima andu atene
Korean Chukbae
Kong gang ul wi ha yo
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L
Latin Sanitas bona (to your health) Bene tibi
Latvian Uz veselibu
Lebanese Kesak (sing.)
Keskun (plur.)
Liechtenstein (German)?
Lithuanian I sueikata
Lithuanian I sveikas
Luxembourg (French) ?
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M
Macedonian Na zdravje! (to your health). (Thanks to Natasha)
Malay (Brunei Darussalam)?
Malaysia (Malay)?
Maltese Cheers
Aviva (old fashioned)
Mexican / Mexico Salud (Spanish - Latin American)
Monaco (French)?
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N
Netherland See Dutch
New Zealander Kia ora
Nicaragua (Spanish - Latin American)
Norwegian (Nynorsk) Skal
Skål
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O
Back to the top
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P
Panama (Spanish - Latin American)
Paraguay (Spanish - Latin American)
Persian (Iran) (Be) salam ati (to your health) Nush ("Enjoy it, and let it be part of your body")
Paru (Spanish - Latin American)
Philippines Mabuhay
Polish Na zdrowie. Vivat
Na zdrowie (to your health)
Portuguese A sia saide
Brazil (Portuguese)
Portuguese Saude (to your health)
Tchim-tchim
Saúde (Brazil)(to your health)
Tim-tim (Brazil)
Puerto Rico (Spanish - Latin American)
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Q
Quatar Hmmm alcohol is not alowed here..
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R
Rhaeto-Romanic Viva
Romanian Noroc ("Good luck")
Russian (CCCP) Na zdorovje (to your health)
Na zdorovia
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S
Scotland Slainte or Slainte Mhor (even more)
Scottish Here's tae ye
Serbian Zivio Ziveli - In Serbian, cheers is 'Ziveli', pronounced 'zjee-ve-lee', meaning 'Let's live long!'
Slovak Na zdravie (to your health)
Slovenian Na zdravje (to your health)
Somalian Auguryo
South African (Afrikaans) Gesondheid (to your health)
Spanish Salud
Chin chin
amor y
Arriba, abajo, al centro, para adentro ("Up, down, center, inside", vulgar)
Sri Lanka (Sinhala) Seiradewa
Suomi (Finland) see Finnish
Svenska / Swedish Skål - Skaal
Helan går (Everything goes)
Swahili
Switzerland / Swiss (French)?
Country Remark / explanation
T
Tagalog Mabuhay ("Long life")
(Philippines)
Thai Choc-tee
hallo or hey : Sawadekaa - (to male) Sawadekap (Female)
Turkish Serefe (write cedille under S) ("To honor")
Sagligina (sing.) (write bars over g's, remove dots over i's) (to your health)
Sagliginiza (plur. or polite) (to your health)
Trinidad ?
Country Remark / explanation
U
Ukrainian In Ukraine we say 'Budmo!'. This means approximately 'shall we live forever!' Usually, one person says 'Budmo!' and everybody at the table/party answers 'Hey!' (the meaning is straightforward). This repeats for up to 3 times depending on the mood of the crowd. Only then, everybody empties their glasses.
Thank you to : Olena Linnyk.
United Kingdom Cheers
United States of America Cheers
Urdu (Pakistan) Djam
Uruguay (Spanish - Latin American)
Uyghur Hoshe (Cheers)
Salametlikingiz ucun (For your health)
Thank you to : Memet Tursun Zunun
Country Remark / explanation
V
Venezuela (Spanish - Latin American)
Vietnamese Chia
Can chén (write dot under a) (North V.N.)
Can ly (write dot under a) (South V.N.)
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W
Welsh Iechyd da
Iechyd da
Wales (Welsh)
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X
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Y
Yiddish Mazel tov Lechaym
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Z
Zimbbabwe ? |
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