“Bon voyage” is a well-wishing phrase used to bid someone a good journey or safe travels. This phrase has permeated many languages, each adapting it to their own linguistic and cultural nuances. Let’s explore how “bon voyage” or its equivalent is expressed in different languages around the world.
Here is a list of how to say “bon voyage” in 70 different languages:
- Albanian (🇦🇱) – Udhëtim të mbarë | Pronunciation: Oo-dhuh-teem teh m-bah-reh
- Arabic (Standard) (🇸🇦) – رحلة سعيدة (Rihlat sa’eeda) | Pronunciation: Reh-hlat sa-ee-da
- Armenian (🇦🇲) – բարի ճանապարհ (Bari chanaparh) | Pronunciation: Bah-ree cha-na-parh
- Azerbaijani (🇦🇿) – Yaxşı səyahət | Pronunciation: Yakh-shuh seh-yah-et
- Basque (🇪🇸) – Ondo ibili | Pronunciation: On-do ee-bee-lee
- Belarusian (🇧🇾) – Шчаслівага шляху (Shchaslivaha shlyakhu) | Pronunciation: Shchas-lee-vah-go shlyah-hoo
- Bengali (🇧🇩) – শুভ যাত্রা (Shubho jatra) | Pronunciation: Shoo-bho jah-tra
- Bosnian (🇧🇦) – Sretan put | Pronunciation: Sre-tan put
- Bulgarian (🇧🇬) – Честит път (Chestit pat) | Pronunciation: Ches-tit pat
- Catalan (🇪🇸 – Catalonia) – Bon viatge | Pronunciation: Bon vee-at-geh
- Czech (🇨🇿) – Šťastnou cestu | Pronunciation: Shtas-noo tses-too
- Danish (🇩🇰) – God rejse | Pronunciation: Gohd rye-se
- Dutch (🇳🇱) – Goede reis | Pronunciation: Goo-duh ryes
- English (🇺🇸 / 🇬🇧) – Safe travels | Pronunciation: Safe travels
- Estonian (🇪🇪) – Head reisi | Pronunciation: Head rey-si
- Farsi (Persian) (🇮🇷) – سفر خوش (Safar khosh) | Pronunciation: Sah-far khosh
- Finnish (🇫🇮) – Hyvää matkaa | Pronunciation: Hü-vaa mat-kaa
- French (🇫🇷) – Bon voyage | Pronunciation: Bon voy-ahj
- Georgian (🇬🇪) – კარგი გზა (Kargi gza) | Pronunciation: Kar-gee gzah
- German (🇩🇪) – Gute Reise | Pronunciation: Goo-teh rye-ze
- Greek (🇬🇷) – Καλό ταξίδι (Kalo taxidi) | Pronunciation: Kah-lo tah-xee-dee
- Hebrew (🇮🇱) – נסיעה טובה (Nesi’ah tovah) | Pronunciation: Ne-see-ah to-vah
- Hindi (🇮🇳) – शुभ यात्रा (Shubh yatra) | Pronunciation: Shubh ya-tra
- Hungarian (🇭🇺) – Jó utat | Pronunciation: Yo oo-tat
- Icelandic (🇮🇸) – Góða ferð | Pronunciation: Go-tha ferth
- Indonesian (🇮🇩) – Selamat jalan | Pronunciation: Se-lah-mat jah-lan
- Irish Gaelic (🇮🇪) – Turas maith | Pronunciation: Tur-ras mah
- Italian (🇮🇹) – Buon viaggio | Pronunciation: Bwohn vee-ah-joh
- Japanese (🇯🇵) – ごきげんよう (Gokigenyo) | Pronunciation: Go-kee-gen-yo
- Kazakh (🇰🇿) – Сапар жақсы болсын (Sapar jakhsy bolsyn) | Pronunciation: Sah-par jahk-sy bol-syn
- Khmer (Cambodian) (🇰🇭) – ទេសចរណ៍ល្អ (Tesachor laor) | Pronunciation: Te-sa-chor la-or
- Korean (🇰🇷) – 안녕히 가세요 (Annyeonghi gaseyo) | Pronunciation: Ahn-nyong-hee ga-se-yo
- Kurdish (🇮🇶 / 🇸🇾 / 🇹🇷 / 🇮🇷) – گەشتی خۆش بێت (Geshti khosh bet) | Pronunciation: Gesht-ee khosh bet
- Kyrgyz (🇰🇬) – Жакшы сапар (Jaksı sapar) | Pronunciation: Jakh-shy sa-par
- Lao (🇱🇦) – ທາງໃດ້ສະບາຍ (Thang dai sabai) | Pronunciation: Tahng dai sa-bai
- Latvian (🇱🇻) – Labu ceļojumu | Pronunciation: Lah-boo tseh-lo-yu-mu
- Lithuanian (🇱🇹) – Geros kelionės | Pronunciation: Geh-ros ke-lee-o-nes
- Luxembourgish (🇱🇺) – Gutt Rees | Pronunciation: Goot rees
- Macedonian (🇲🇰) – Среќен пат (Srekjen pat) | Pronunciation: Srek-yen pat
- Malay (🇲🇾 / 🇮🇩) – Selamat jalan | Pronunciation: Se-lah-mat jah-lan
- Maltese (🇲🇹) – Il-vjaġġ it-tajjeb | Pronunciation: Il-vee-ahj it-tah-yeb
- Mandarin Chinese (🇨🇳) – 一路平安 (Yīlù píng’ān) | Pronunciation: Ee-loo ping-an
- Marathi (🇮🇳) – सुखद यात्रा (Sukhad yatra) | Pronunciation: Sook-had yah-tra
- Mongolian (🇲🇳) – Амар аяллыг (Amar ayalal) | Pronunciation: A-mar a-yal-lag
- Nepali (🇳🇵) – शुभ यात्रा (Shubh yatra) | Pronunciation: Shubh ya-tra
- Norwegian (🇳🇴) – God tur | Pronunciation: Gohd toor
- Pashto (🇦🇫) – خوشحاله سفر وکړئ (Khushhal safar wakṛay) | Pronunciation: Khush-hal sa-far wa-krray
- Persian (Farsi) (🇮🇷) – سفر خوش (Safar khosh) | Pronunciation: Sah-far khosh
- Polish (🇵🇱) – Szczęśliwej podróży | Pronunciation: Shchen-shlee-veh po-dro-zhee
- Portuguese (🇵🇹 / 🇧🇷) – Boa viagem | Pronunciation: Bo-a vee-a-jem
- Romanian (🇷🇴) – Drum bun | Pronunciation: Droom boon
- Russian (🇷🇺) – Счастливого пути (Schastlivogo puti) | Pronunciation: Schas-tlee-vuh-go poo-tee
- Serbian (🇷🇸) – Срећан пут (Srećan put) | Pronunciation: Sre-chan poot
- Sinhala (🇱🇰) – සුභ ගමනක් වේවා (Subha gamanak vewa) | Pronunciation: Su-bha ga-ma-nak vay-va
- Slovak (🇸🇰) – Šťastnú cestu | Pronunciation: Shtas-noo tses-too
- Slovenian (🇸🇮) – Srečno pot | Pronunciation: Sreh-chno pot
- Somali (🇸🇴) – Safar wanaagsan | Pronunciation: Sah-far wa-naag-san
- Spanish (🇪🇸) – Buen viaje | Pronunciation: Bwen vee-ah-he
- Swahili (🇰🇪 / 🇹🇿) – Safari njema | Pronunciation: Sah-fah-ree nje-ma
- Swedish (🇸🇪) – Trevlig resa | Pronunciation: Trev-lee re-sa
- Tajik (🇹🇯) – Сафари хуш (Safari khush) | Pronunciation: Sa-far-ee khush
- Tamil (🇮🇳) – இனிய பயணம் (Iniya payanam) | Pronunciation: Ee-nee-ya pa-ya-nam
- Telugu (🇮🇳) – శుభ యాత్ర (Shubha yatra) | Pronunciation: Shoo-bha yah-tra
- Thai (🇹🇭) – โชคดีกับการเดินทาง (Chok dee kap kan dern tang) | Pronunciation: Chok dee kap kan dern tang
- Turkish (🇹🇷) – İyi yolculuklar | Pronunciation: Ee-yee yol-ju-luk-lar
- Ukrainian (🇺🇦) – Щасливої дороги (Shchaslyvoi dorohy) | Pronunciation: Shchas-lee-voy do-ro-ghee
- Urdu (🇵🇰) – خوش سفر (Khush safar) | Pronunciation: Khush sa-far
- Uzbek (🇺🇿) – Хайрли сафар (Xayrli safar) | Pronunciation: Khai-rli sa-far
- Vietnamese (🇻🇳) – Chúc bạn có chuyến đi vui vẻ | Pronunciation: Chook ban co chuyen dee vui ve
- Welsh (🇬🇧 – Wales) – Taith dda | Pronunciation: Tie-th dda