Good afternoon in many languages

These are phrases you use when you greet people in the afternoon. Exactly when you use these phrases varies from country to country. In some languages, Spanish for example, the same words are used for afternoon and evening.

Language Good afternoon
Afrikaans Goeie middag
Albanian Mirëdita
Alsatian Güete Nàchmittag
Amharic አንደምን ዋሉ (əndämn walu)
[how did you spend the day?]
Arabic
(Egyptian)
(misa' il kẖayr) مساء الخير
response - (misa' in noor) مساء النّور
Arabic
(Modern Standard)
(masā' al-khayr) مساء الخير
Arabic (Moroccan) (mselkẖīr) مساء الخير
Aragonese Buena tardi
Armenian (Eastern) Բարի' օր: (Bari or) - rarely used
Asturian Bones tardes
Azeri Yaxşi gün, Hər vaxtınız xeyir
Basque Arratsalde on
Bosnian Dobar dan
Breton Demat
Bulgarian Добър ден (Dobãr den)
Catalan Bona tarda
Chamorro Buenas tåtdes
Chinese
(Cantonese)
午安 (ńgh ōn)
Chinese
(Mandarin)
午安 (wǔān)
Chinese
(Taiwanese)
午安 (go-on)
Cornish Dohajydh da
Croatian Dobar dan
Czech Dobré odpoledne
Danish God aftermiddag
Dutch Goedemiddag / Goeiemiddag
Esperanto Bonan posttagmezon
Estonian Tere päevast
Faroese Góðan dagin
Fijian Bula, Ni sa Bula
Finnish Hyvää päivää
French Bonjour / Bon après-midi
Frisian (West) Goemiddei
Friulian Bundì
Galician Boa tarde
Georgian დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)
German Guten Nachmittag, Guten Tag
Greek Καλό απόγευμα (kaló apóyevma)
Haitian Creole Bon apre-midi
Hausa Barka da yamma
Hawaiian Aloha ʻauinalâ
Hebrew (achar tzahara'im tovim) אחר צהריים טובים
Hindi
Hungarian Jó napot (kívánok)
Icelandic Góðan daginn, Góðan dag
Ilocano Naimbag a malem
Indonesian Selamat siang
Inuktitut ᐅᓐᓄᓴᒃᑯᑦ (Unnuhatkut/Unnusakkut)
Iñupiaq Unnusatkun
Irish (Gaelic) Tráthnóna maith (duit)
Italian Buongiorno Buon pomeriggio
Japanese 今日は (konnichiwa)
Jèrriais Bouônjour
Kannada ಶುಭ ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ (shubha madhyahna)
Kazakh Қайырлы күн (Qayırlı kün)
Korean 안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
Latvian Labdien
Limburgish Gojemiddig
Lithuanian Laba diena
Luxembourgish Gudde Mëtteg
Macedonian Добар ден(Dobar den)
Malay Selamat tengah hari (12-2pm) Selamat petang (2-7pm)
Maltese Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb
Manx Fastyr mie
Māori Kia ora
Mauritian Creole Bon apré-midi
Mongolian Өдрийн мэнд (Ödriin mend)
Navajo Yá'át'ééh
Nepali नमस्कार (namaskar)
Norwegian God ettermiddag
Occitan Bon vèspre
Papiamentu Bon tardi
Pashto (wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
Persian (zohr bekheir) ظهر بخير
Polish Dzień dobry / Miłego popołudnia
Dobrego popołudnia
(used when leaving, though rarely used)
Portuguese Boa tarde
Quechua Wuynas tardis
Romanian Bună ziua
Romansh Buna sera / Buna saira
Russian Добрый день (Dobryj den')
Sardinian Bona tarde
Scottish Gaelic Feasgar math
Scots Guid efternuin
Serbian Добар дан (Dobar dan)
Shona Masikati / Masikati, maswera sei? (reply)
Slovak Dobré popoludnie
Slovenian Dober dan
Somali Galab wanaagsan
Spanish Buenas tardes
Stellingwarfs Goeiemiddag
Swahili Habari ya mchana
Swedish God eftermiddag
Tagalog Magandang hapon po (frm) Magandang hapon (inf)
Tamil மதிய வணக்கம் (madhiya vanakkam)
Tatar Xäyerle kön
Tetum Botarde / Lorokraik diak / Boastarde
Thai สวัสดีครับ/ค่ะ (sà-wàt-dee kráp/kâ)
Tok Pisin Apinum
Tongan Malo tau ma'u e ho'ata ni
Tswana Thupama e e monate
Turkish Tünaydın, İyi günler
Ukrainian Доброго дня (Dobroho dnia)
Urdu (roz bākhair) روز بخير
Uzbek Hayirli kun
Venetian Bondì / Bongiorno
Vietnamese Xin chào
Welsh P'nawn da / Prynhawn da
Wolof Jamm nga yendoo
Xhosa Uben' emva kwemini entle / Ube nemini emnandi
Yappese Fal'e misii
Yiddish (A gut ovnt) א גוט אָוונט
Yorùbá Ẹ ku ọsan

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