Cheers!
Toasting has been a part of social drinking for as long as the drinks used to toast. At Cocktail Cook, we believe in starting off any drink with a cheers while drinking socially, which should be the only time you have a drink anyway! Different cultures and regions have different ways of saying cheers so we have compiled a complete list of ways to say cheers in the language of your choice. It is the easiest way to impress your group or even a date and it's also a great way to add some fun to your social outings.
So raise your glass and choose the language that best fits the situation. Enjoy!
Also if you have a better, different way of saying cheers in a language, please email us, post on the wall. Thanks for caring.
- Afrikaans:Gesondheid! (Ge-sund-hide)
- Albanian:Gëzuar! (Géschuar)
- Alsatian:G'sundheit!
- Arabic (Egyptian):!في صحتكم (Fee-sa-ha-tak)
- Argentinan:Salud! (health)
- Armenian:Genatzit (Gen-ots-it)
- Asturian:Gayola!
- Azerbaijani:Afiyët oslun! (Afeeyet Ohs-lun)
- Basque:On egin! (On egín)
- Bosnian:Zivjeli! (Zhee-vi-lee)
- Bulgarian:Наздраве! (NAZ-dra-vey)
- Chinese (Mandarin):乾杯! [干杯!] (Gan BAY)
- Chinese (Cantonese):(Gom bui)
- Czech:Na zdravi (NAZ-drah vi)
- Croatian:Živjeli! (ZHEE-vi-lee)
- Danish:Skål! (Skol)
- Dutch:Proost! (Prohst)
- English:Cheers!
- Esperanto:Je via sano! Toston! (YEH VEE-ah SAH-no/Tóston)
- Estonian:Terviseks! (Ter-vi-seks)
- Ethiopian (Amharic):Letenachin (L’-TAY-nah-chin)
- Farsi: (Ba-sal-a-ma-TEE)
- Finnish:Kippis! (KEEP-us)
- French:A Votre Sante! (Ah Vot-ruh Sahn-tay)
- Gaelic (Irish):Sláinte! (Slawn-che)
- German:Prost! (Prohst)
- Greek:στην υγειά σας! (Stin Eyiassou/Stin Eye-ee-yass-ooh)
- Hawaiian:Okole Maluna! (Å’kålè ma’luna)
- Hebrew:לְחַיִּים!/L’Chaim! (Le Chy-em)
- Hungarian:Egeszsegere! (Egg-esh Ay-ged-reh)
- Italian:Salute!/Cin cin! (Salu-tay/Chin Chin)
- Japanese:Kampai! (Kam-pie)
- Korean:위하여 (위하여) (We-ha-yeo)
- Latvian:Prieka! (Pree-eh-ka)
- Lithuanian:i sveikata! (Ee sweh-kata)
- Luxembourgish:Prost! (Prohst)
- Maltese:Evviva! (A-vee-va)
- Mongolian:Эрүүл мэндийн төлөө! (Erüül mehdiin tölöö)
- Norwegian:Skål! (Skoal)
- Persian:!به سلامتی (beh salamati)
- Polish Na:zdrowie! (Naz-droh-vee-ay)
- Portuguese:Saúde! (Saw-ooh-de)
- Rapanui:Manuía!
- Romanian:Noroc! (No-roak)
- Russian:Будем здоровы! (Boo-dem Zdo-ro-vee-eh)
- Serbian:Ziveli! (ZHEE-vi-lee)
- Slovak:Na zdravie! (Naz-drah-vee-ay)
- Slovenian:Na zdravje! (to your health)
- Spanish:¡Salud!/Salut! (Sah-lud/Sah-lute)
- Swedish:Skål! (Skol)
- Thai:ไชโย! (Chai-yo)
- Turkish:Şerefe! (Sher-i-feh)
- Vietnamese:Chúc sức khoẻ! (chook-sa-koi-ah)
- Yiddish:געזונטערהייט! Zei Gazunt! (Zye GAH-zoont)
- Zulu:Oogy wawa! (oogee-wawa)