Saying “bye” is as universal as greeting someone with “hello,” albeit often tinged with a bit more emotion, whether it’s a simple farewell or a more heartfelt goodbye. In the spirit of fostering global connections and understanding, here’s how to say “bye” in 70 different languages, demonstrating the vast diversity of farewells across cultures.
- Albanian (🇦🇱) – Mirupafshim | Pronunciation: Meer-oo-pahf-sheem
- Arabic (Standard) (🇸🇦) – مع السلامة (Ma’a Salama) | Pronunciation: Ma-a sa-la-ma
- Armenian (🇦🇲) – Ցտեսություն (Tstesutyun) | Pronunciation: Ts-te-soo-tyoon
- Azerbaijani (🇦🇿) – Sağ ol | Pronunciation: Sag ol
- Basque (🇪🇸) – Agur | Pronunciation: Ah-goor
- Belarusian (🇧🇾) – Да пабачэння (Da pabachennia) | Pronunciation: Dah pah-bah-chen-nya
- Bengali (🇧🇩) – বিদায় (Bidāẏ) | Pronunciation: Bee-dah-y
- Bosnian (🇧🇦) – Zbogom | Pronunciation: Zbo-gom
- Bulgarian (🇧🇬) – Довиждане (Dovizhdane) | Pronunciation: Doh-veezh-da-ne
- Catalan (🇪🇸 – Catalonia) – Adéu | Pronunciation: Ah-deh-oo
- Czech (🇨🇿) – Sbohem | Pronunciation: Sbo-hem
- Danish (🇩🇰) – Farvel | Pronunciation: Fah-vel
- Dutch (🇳🇱) – Vaarwel | Pronunciation: Vahr-vel
- English (🇺🇸 / 🇬🇧) – Bye | Pronunciation: Bye
- Estonian (🇪🇪) – Nägemist | Pronunciation: Nay-ge-mist
- Farsi (Persian) (🇮🇷) – خداحافظ (Khodahafez) | Pronunciation: Kho-da-ha-fez
- Finnish (🇫🇮) – Näkemiin | Pronunciation: Naa-keh-meen
- French (🇫🇷) – Au revoir | Pronunciation: Oh re-vwar
- Georgian (🇬🇪) – ნახვამდის (Nakhvamdis) | Pronunciation: Nahkh-vahm-dees
- German (🇩🇪) – Auf Wiedersehen | Pronunciation: Owf vee-der-zay-en
- Greek (🇬🇷) – Αντίο (Antío) | Pronunciation: An-tee-o
- Hebrew (🇮🇱) – להתראות (Lehitra’ot) | Pronunciation: Leh-hit-rah-ot
- Hindi (🇮🇳) – अलविदा (Alvida) | Pronunciation: Al-vee-dah
- Hungarian (🇭🇺) – Viszlát | Pronunciation: Vees-laat
- Icelandic (🇮🇸) – Bless | Pronunciation: Bles
- Indonesian (🇮🇩) – Selamat tinggal | Pronunciation: Se-lah-mat teeng-gahl
- Irish Gaelic (🇮🇪) – Slán | Pronunciation: Slawn
- Italian (🇮🇹) – Arrivederci | Pronunciation: Ah-ree-veh-der-chee
- Japanese (🇯🇵) – さようなら (Sayōnara) | Pronunciation: Sah-yoh-nah-rah
- Kazakh (🇰🇿) – Сау бол (Sau bol) | Pronunciation: Sow bol
- Khmer (Cambodian) (🇰🇭) – លា (Lea) | Pronunciation: Lay-ah
- Korean (🇰🇷) – 안녕히 계세요 (Annyeonghi gyeseyo) for leaving, 안녕히 가세요 (Annyeonghi gaseyo) for staying | Pronunciation: Ahn-nyeong-hee gye-se-yo / Ahn-nyeong-hee ga-se-yo
- Kurdish (🇮🇶 / 🇸🇾 / 🇹🇷 / 🇮🇷) – Bi xatirê te | Pronunciation: Bee ha-tee-reh te
- Kyrgyz (🇰🇬) – Кош болуңуз (Kosh boluŋuz) | Pronunciation: Kosh bo-loo-nooz
- Lao (🇱🇦) – ລາກ່ອນ (Laa kon) | Pronunciation: Lah gon
- Latvian (🇱🇻) – Uz redzēšanos | Pronunciation: Ooz red-zeh-sha-nos
- Lithuanian (🇱🇹) – Sudie | Pronunciation: Soo-dyeh
- Luxembourgish (🇱🇺) – Äddi | Pronunciation: Eh-dee
- Macedonian (🇲🇰) – Збогум (Zbogum) | Pronunciation: Zbo-goom
- Malay (🇲🇾 / 🇮🇩) – Selamat tinggal (formal), Bye (informal) | Pronunciation: Seh-lah-maht ting-gahl / Bye
- Maltese (🇲🇹) – Ċaw | Pronunciation: Chaw
- Mandarin Chinese (🇨🇳) – 再见 (Zàijiàn) | Pronunciation: Zai-jee-an
- Marathi (🇮🇳) – नमस्कार (Namaskar) for formal, बाय (Bye) for informal | Pronunciation: Nah-mas-kar / Bye
- Mongolian (🇲🇳) – Баяртай (Bayartai) | Pronunciation: Bai-ar-tai
- Nepali (🇳🇵) – अलविदा (Alvida) | Pronunciation: Al-vee-da
- Norwegian (🇳🇴) – Ha det | Pronunciation: Hah deh
- Pashto (🇦🇫) – د خدای په امان (Da Khuday pa aman) | Pronunciation: Dah khoo-dai pah ah-mahn
- Persian (Farsi) (🇮🇷) – خداحافظ (Khodahafez) | Pronunciation: Kho-da-ha-fez
- Polish (🇵🇱) – Do widzenia | Pronunciation: Do vee-dzen-ya
- Portuguese (🇵🇹 / 🇧🇷) – Adeus | Pronunciation: Ah-deh-oosh
- Romanian (🇷🇴) – La revedere | Pronunciation: Lah reh-veh-deh-re
- Russian (🇷🇺) – До свидания (Do svidaniya) | Pronunciation: Do svee-da-nee-ya
- Serbian (🇷🇸) – Збогом (Zbogom) | Pronunciation: Zbo-gom
- Sinhala (🇱🇰) – ආයුබෝවන් (Ayubowan) – used both for hello and goodbye | Pronunciation: Ah-yoo-bo-wan
- Slovak (🇸🇰) – Zbohom | Pronunciation: Zbo-hom
- Slovenian (🇸🇮) – Nasvidenje | Pronunciation: Nahs-vee-den-yeh
- Somali (🇸🇴) – Nabad gelyo | Pronunciation: Nah-bahd gell-yo
- Spanish (🇪🇸) – Adiós | Pronunciation: Ah-dee-os
- Swahili (🇰🇪 / 🇹🇿) – Kwaheri | Pronunciation: Kwa-heh-ree
- Swedish (🇸🇪) – Hej då | Pronunciation: Hey doh
- Tajik (🇹🇯) – Хайр (Khayr) | Pronunciation: Khy-r
- Tamil (🇮🇳) – போ (Po) | Pronunciation: Poh
- Telugu (🇮🇳) – సెలవు (Selavu) | Pronunciation: Seh-lah-voo
- Thai (🇹🇭) – ลาก่อน (Lā kŏn) | Pronunciation: Lah gon
- Turkish (🇹🇷) – Hoşça kal | Pronunciation: Hosh-cha kal
- Ukrainian (🇺🇦) – До побачення (Do pobachennya) | Pronunciation: Do po-bah-chen-ya
- Urdu (🇵🇰) – خدا حافظ (Khuda Hafiz) | Pronunciation: Khu-da ha-fiz
- Uzbek (🇺🇿) – Xayr | Pronunciation: Hayr
- Vietnamese (🇻🇳) – Tạm biệt | Pronunciation: Tahm byet
- Welsh (🇬🇧 – Wales) – Hwyl fawr | Pronunciation: Hoyl vawr