Raising a glass and toasting to good health, happiness, or a celebration is a universal gesture that brings people together across different cultures and languages. The word used to express “cheers” when toasting is equally diverse and interesting. In this article, we explore the many ways people around the globe express this celebratory sentiment, highlighting the rich tapestry of languages that contribute to our shared human experience.
Here is a list of how to say “cheers” in 70 different languages:
- Albanian (🇦🇱) – Gëzuar | Pronunciation: Geh-zoo-ahr
- Arabic (Standard) (🇸🇦) – في صحتك (Fi ṣiḥṭik) | Pronunciation: Fee seh-teek
- Armenian (🇦🇲) – Կենաց (Genats) | Pronunciation: Geh-nats
- Azerbaijani (🇦🇿) – Nuş olsun | Pronunciation: Noosh ol-sun
- Basque (🇪🇸) – Topa | Pronunciation: Toh-pah
- Belarusian (🇧🇾) – Будзьма (Budz’ma) | Pronunciation: Boodz-mah
- Bengali (🇧🇩) – জয় (Joy) | Pronunciation: Joy
- Bosnian (🇧🇦) – Živjeli | Pronunciation: Zhee-ve-lee
- Bulgarian (🇧🇬) – Наздраве (Nazdrave) | Pronunciation: Naz-drah-veh
- Catalan (🇪🇸 – Catalonia) – Salut | Pronunciation: Sah-loot
- Czech (🇨🇿) – Na zdraví | Pronunciation: Nah zdrah-vee
- Danish (🇩🇰) – Skål | Pronunciation: Skoal
- Dutch (🇳🇱) – Proost | Pronunciation: Prohst
- English (🇺🇸 / 🇬🇧) – Cheers | Pronunciation: Cheers
- Estonian (🇪🇪) – Terviseks | Pronunciation: Ter-vih-seks
- Farsi (Persian) (🇮🇷) – به سلامتی (Be salamati) | Pronunciation: Beh sah-lah-ma-tee
- Finnish (🇫🇮) – Kippis | Pronunciation: Kip-pis
- French (🇫🇷) – Santé | Pronunciation: San-tay
- Georgian (🇬🇪) – გაუმარჯოს (Gaumarjos) | Pronunciation: Gah-oo-mar-jos
- German (🇩🇪) – Prost | Pronunciation: Prohst
- Greek (🇬🇷) – Γεια μας (Yia mas) | Pronunciation: YAH-mas
- Hebrew (🇮🇱) – לחיים (L’chaim) | Pronunciation: Luh-khah-yeem
- Hindi (🇮🇳) – चियर्स (Cheers) | Pronunciation: Cheers
- Hungarian (🇭🇺) – Egészségedre | Pronunciation: Egg-eh-sheg-ed-reh
- Icelandic (🇮🇸) – Skál | Pronunciation: Sk-owl
- Indonesian (🇮🇩) – Bersulang | Pronunciation: Ber-soo-lang
- Irish Gaelic (🇮🇪) – Sláinte | Pronunciation: Slahn-cha
- Italian (🇮🇹) – Salute | Pronunciation: Sah-loo-teh
- Japanese (🇯🇵) – 乾杯 (Kanpai) | Pronunciation: Kahn-pie
- Kazakh (🇰🇿) – Шын жүрекпен (Shyn zhyrekpen) | Pronunciation: Shin zhoo-rek-pen
- Khmer (Cambodian) (🇰🇭) – ជល់មង្គល (Choul mongkol) | Pronunciation: Choul mong-kol
- Korean (🇰🇷) – 건배 (Geonbae) | Pronunciation: Gun-bay
- Kurdish (🇮🇶 / 🇸🇾 / 🇹🇷 / 🇮🇷) – Felekê | Pronunciation: Fe-le-ke
- Kyrgyz (🇰🇬) – Ден соолукка (Den soolukka) | Pronunciation: Den soo-luk-ka
- Lao (🇱🇦) – ສຸກສັນຍາລາ (Sok san yala) | Pronunciation: Sok sahn yah-lah
- Latvian (🇱🇻) – Priekā | Pronunciation: Pree-eh-ka
- Lithuanian (🇱🇹) – Į sveikatą | Pronunciation: Ee svei-ka-ta
- Luxembourgish (🇱🇺) – Prost | Pronunciation: Prohst
- Macedonian (🇲🇰) – На здравје (Na zdravje) | Pronunciation: Nah zdrahv-yeh
- Malay (🇲🇾 / 🇮🇩) – Sorsai | Pronunciation: Sor-sai
- Maltese (🇲🇹) – Evviva | Pronunciation: Eh-vee-vah
- Mandarin Chinese (🇨🇳) – 干杯 (Gānbēi) | Pronunciation: Gan-bay
- Marathi (🇮🇳) – चियर्स (Cheers) | Pronunciation: Cheers
- Mongolian (🇲🇳) – Эрүүл мэндийн төлөө (Eryuul mendiiin toloo) | Pronunciation: Er-yool men-deen to-loo
- Nepali (🇳🇵) – चियर्स (Cheers) | Pronunciation: Cheers
- Norwegian (🇳🇴) – Skål | Pronunciation: Skoal
- Pashto (🇦🇫) – چیرس (Cheers) | Pronunciation: Cheers
- Persian (Farsi) (🇮🇷) – به سلامتی (Be salamati) | Pronunciation: Beh sah-lah-ma-tee
- Polish (🇵🇱) – Na zdrowie | Pronunciation: Nah zdroh-vee-eh
- Portuguese (🇵🇹 / 🇧🇷) – Saúde | Pronunciation: Saw-oo-deh
- Romanian (🇷🇴) – Noroc | Pronunciation: No-rock
- Russian (🇷🇺) – За здоровье (Za zdarov’e) | Pronunciation: Zah zdah-ro-vye
- Serbian (🇷🇸) – Живели (Živeli) | Pronunciation: Zhee-ve-lee
- Sinhala (🇱🇰) – සුභ පැතුම් (Subha pathum) | Pronunciation: Soo-bha pa-thum
- Slovak (🇸🇰) – Na zdravie | Pronunciation: Nah zdrah-vee-eh
- Slovenian (🇸🇮) – Na zdravje | Pronunciation: Nah zdrah-vyeh
- Somali (🇸🇴) – Caafimaad | Pronunciation: Caa-fi-maad
- Spanish (🇪🇸) – Salud | Pronunciation: Sah-lood
- Swahili (🇰🇪 / 🇹🇿) – Afya | Pronunciation: Ah-fyah
- Swedish (🇸🇪) – Skål | Pronunciation: Skoal
- Tajik (🇹🇯) – Ба саломатӣ (Ba salomati) | Pronunciation: Bah sah-loh-mah-tee
- Tamil (🇮🇳) – சியர்ஸ் (Cheers) | Pronunciation: Cheers
- Telugu (🇮🇳) – చియర్స్ (Cheers) | Pronunciation: Cheers
- Thai (🇹🇭) – ชนแก้ว (Chon kaew) | Pronunciation: Chon gaeo
- Turkish (🇹🇷) – Şerefe | Pronunciation: Sheh-reh-feh
- Ukrainian (🇺🇦) – Будьмо (Budmo) | Pronunciation: Bood-moh
- Urdu (🇵🇰) – چیئرز (Cheers) | Pronunciation: Cheers
- Uzbek (🇺🇿) – Соғлиққа (Sogʻliqqa) | Pronunciation: Sog-liq-qa
- Vietnamese (🇻🇳) – Dô | Pronunciation: Doh
- Welsh (🇬🇧 – Wales) – Iechyd da | Pronunciation: Yeh-khid dah