How to say "health" in all languages and trinify with your foreign friends?
In the Middle Ages, poisoning was commonly used in banquets between rival, noble and other notable seigneurs. To avoid this, the habit was taken by the local masters to pour a small amount of their drink into the glass of their interlocutors and reciprocally.
Each one had to drink a sip while looking at the other in the eyes. In this way everyone proved that he had no bad intention. Afterwards, it was simply done to punch the glasses (filled on board) so that a little liquid could be exchanged between the glasses.
Nowadays it has become a custom to trinquish, to raise a drink, or to toast, when you wish to make a wish, wish or commitment, or simply to drink with friends.
In order for you to cheat with people from all over the world, please refer to the following list:
- Afrikaan (South Africa): Gesondheid! »
- Albanian: "Gezuar! »
- German: "Prost!" (or "Prosit!"), (or "Hau weg die scheisse!": vulgar)
- Alsatian: “Gsunt heit!” (or “S’gelt!”)
- Amharique (Ethiopian dialect): "Desta!" (or "Letenachen!")
- English: « Cheers! »
- Arab (Egypt) : « Fee sihetak ! »
- Arab (Morocco): “Be seha!” (or “bi saha wa’l afia!”)
- Arab (Syria) : « Saha ! »
- Armenien : « Genatzi ! » (or « Genatset ! »)
- Asturian: Gayola! »
- Azerbaidjan: "Aiyaet oslun! »
- Balouchi (Iran): "Vashi! »
- Basque: « Topa ! » (or « Osasuna ! »)
- Bengali: Joy! »
- Bosnian: "Zivjeli! »
- Breton : « Yérêd maât ! » (or « Yérêmât ! », or « Yermât ! »)
- Bulgarian: "Nazdrave! »
- Burmese: "Ang bar see! »
- Cambodian: "Sokapiip la-hoa! »
- Catalan: "Hi! »
- Chinese: "Zhu nin jiankang!" (or "Wen lei!" or "Ganbei!")
- Chinese (Cantonais) : « Gom bui ! »
- Chinese (Mandarin): "Ganbei! »
- Chinese (Singapore): "Kvam suk siam yam seng! »
- Korean: "Keon-bae!" (Keun-bé) or [Kon-bé])
- Croatian: "Jivyéli!" (or "Na zdravlyé!")
- Dan: "Skol! »
- Scotch: "Slainte mhath! »
- Spanish: « Salud ! »
- Esperanto: "I via sano! »
- Estonian: "Terviseks! »
- Ethiopian: "Letenatchie! »
- Finns: " Kippis! »
- Flemish: "Op uw!" (or "Gezondheid!")
- Galician: "Saúde! »
- Gallois: "Lechyd da!"
- Greek: "Iss ygian!" (or "yamas!" which means "to our health!")
- Ancient Greek (Katharévousa): "Stin ygia mas! »
- Greek demotics: "E viva ! »
- Greenland: "Kasugta! »
- Hawaiian: « Kamau ! » (or « okele maluna ! »)
- Hebrew: "Kaim Li!" (or "lekhayim!")
- Hungarian: "Eguèshèguèdrè ! »
- Indian: "Aananda! »
- Indonesian: "Selamat!" (or "Selamat minum! »
- Iran: "Salaamati! »
- Irish: « Salonge ! » (or « Slainte ! »)
- Iceland: « Santaka na ! »
- Italian: "Hi! »
- Japanese: "Kampai! »
- Latin: "Sanitas bona!" (or "Bene tibi!")
- Letton: « Prieka ! » (or « Uz veselibu ! »)
- Lebanese: "Kessak!" ("Kessik!") to the female
- Lithuanian: "I sveikata! »
- Luxembourg: Prost!
- Malaysian: "Yam send! »
- Malta: "Sacha! »
- Māori (New Zealand): "Ka kaka! »
- Moré (Burkina Faso) : « Lafi ! »
- Dutch: "Proost! »
- Nigerian: "Mogba! »
- Norwegian: "Skol! »
- Occitan: "Santa! »
- Urdu: "Zanda bashi! »
- Punjabi: " Kamjab raho! »
- Persan: Salam ati! »
- Philippine: "Mabhuhay! »
- Polish: "Na zdrowie!" (or " Sto lat!" for birthdays)
- Portuguese: "A sua saude ! »
- Portuguese (Brazil): “Sude!” (or “viva!” or “Tim!”)
- Quebecer: "Tchin! Tchin!"
- Romanian: "Norok!" (or "Sanataté!")
- Russian: Na zdorovia! »
- Serb: "Ziveli! »
- Slovene: "Na zdravie! »
- Somalian: Auguryo! »
- Swedish: "Skol! »
- Swahili : « Sabatuk fy sudan furah ! »
- Tahitien: "Maniaia! »
- Thailand: « Chai-yo ! » (or « Chokdee ! »)
- Czech: "Nazdraví! »
- Tibetan: "Phun tsun tsok!" (or "Tashi delek!")
- Turk: "Sherefé! »
- Ukrainian: "Boovatje zdorovi! »
- Vietnamese » Chia ! » (or « Can chen ! », or « Can ly ! »)
- Wolof: "Jaraama! »
- Yiddish: " Mazel tov! »
- Zoulou : « Oogy wa wa ! » (or « Poo zim pee! »)
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