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How to wish people luck in many different languages.
| Language | Good luck |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Sterkte! |
| Albanian | Paç fat! |
| Alsatian | Viel Gliek |
| Amharic | መልካም እድል (me’elkam edil) |
| Arabic (Egyptian) |
(hazz sa'eed) حظ سعيد! |
| Arabic (Lebanese) |
Allah iwaffe2 |
| Arabic (Modern Standard) |
(bit-tawfīq) بالتوفيق! |
| Armenian (Eastern) |
Հաջողությո'ւն: (Hajoghutyun) Բարի' բախտ: (Bari bakh.t) |
| Armenian (Western) |
Յաջողութիւն: (Hachoghootyoon) Բարի բախտ (Paree pakhd) |
| Azeri | Yaxşı şanslar |
| Basque | Zorte on! |
| Bengali | সৌভাগ্য (soubhagya) |
| Bhojpuri | बढ़िया किस्मत रहे (badhiya kismat rahe) |
| Breton | Chañs vat! |
| Bulgarian | Успех (Uspex) Късмет (Kãsmet) На добър час (Na dobãr čas) Всичко хубаво (Vsičko hubavo) Желая Ви щастие (Želaja vi štastie) frm Желая ти щастие (Želaja ti štastie) inf Добра сполука (Dobra Spoluka) Да е на добро (Da e na dobro) Прокопсия (Prokopsija) Добър шанс (Dobãr šans) Кадем (Kadem) |
| Catalan | Bona sort! Molta sort! |
| Cebuano | Maayo unta swertihon! Maynta swertihon! Maayong kapalaran! |
| Chamorro | Buena suette |
| Chinese (Cantonese) |
祝你好運 (jūk néih hóuwahn) |
| Chinese (Hakka) |
祝你好运 (zhuk ngi ho yun) |
| Chinese (Mandarin) |
祝你好運 (zhù nǐ háoyùn) |
| Chinese (Teochew) |
祝福 (jok4 hok4) |
| Cornish | Chons da! |
| Corsican | Bona furtuna |
| Croatian | Sretno |
| Czech | Hodně štěstí! |
| Danish | Held og lykke! |
| Dutch | Succes! Veel geluk! |
| Esperanto | Bonŝancon! |
| Estonian | Edu! |
| Faroese | Góða eydnu |
| Fijian | Vanuinui vinaka |
| Finnish | Onnea! |
| French | Bonne chance ! |
| Frisian (North) | Luk deerma |
| Friulian | Buine fortune |
| Galician | Boa sorte! |
| Georgian | წარმატებებს გისურვებთ
(c’armatebebs gisurvebth) - frm წარმატებებს გისურვებ (c’armatebebs gisurveb) - inf |
| German | Viel Glück! Alles Gute! |
| German (Hessian) | Veel Glück! |
| Greek (Modern) | Καλή τύχη! (kalí tíhi!) |
| Haitian Creole | Bòn chans |
| Hausa | Allah ya ba da sa'a |
| Hawaiian | Maikaʻi Pomaikaʻi! |
| Hebrew | (Behatslacha) בהצלחה |
| Hungarian | Sok szerencsét kivánok! |
| Icelandic | Gangi þér vel! |
| Indonesian | Semoga Beruntung! |
| Inuktitut | ᐊᔪᙱᒋᐊᕐᓗᑎᑦ (Ajunngigiarlutit) |
| Irish (Gaelic) | Go n-éirí an t-ádh leat! Ádh mór ort! Go n-éirí an bóthar leat! |
| Italian | Buona fortuna! / In bocca al lupo! |
| Japanese | ご幸運を祈ります! (gokoūn o inorimasu) - frm 頑張ってね (gambatte ne) - inf |
| Jèrriais | Bouonne cache / dés crouaîsis (fingers crossed) |
| Kannada | ಒಳ್ಳೆಯದಾಗಲಿ ಅಥವಾ ಶುಭವಾಗಲಿ (olleyadāgali athavā shubhavāgali) |
| Kazakh | Іске сәт! (İske sät!) Сәттілік тілеймін! (Sättilik tileymin!) |
| Khmer | សូមឲ្យបានជោគជ័យ (soam aoy baan joak jaay) |
| Kinyarwanda | Amahirwe masa / Mwishyuke |
| Korean | 행운을 빌어요 (haeng un eul bil eo yo) frm 행운을 빈다 (haeng un eul bin da) inf |
| Lakota Sioux | Tókhi wániphika ní! |
| Latin | Bona fortuna! |
| Latvian | Veiksmi! Lai tev veicas! (inf) Lai Jums veicas! (frm) |
| Lithuanian | Sėkmės! Geros kloties! |
| Luxembourgish | Vill Gléck! |
| Macedonian | Со среќа! (So srekya!), Среќно! (Srekno!) |
| Malay | Selamat maju jaya! (go forward and victory) Semoga berjaya! |
| Malayalam | ഭാഗ്യമുണ്ടാകട്ടെ (bhagyamundakatte) നല്ലതു വരട്ടെ (nallathu varaṭṭe) |
| Maltese | Xewqat sbieħ / Awguri |
| Manx (Gaelic) | Aigh vie! Noorey vie ort/erriu! Oorey vie ort/erriu! Sonnys ort/erriu! |
| Māori | Kia waimarie |
| Mongolian | Амжилт хүсье (Amjilt husey) |
| Ndebele | Ngikufisela inhlanhla enhle! |
| Nepali | शुभ कामना (subhakamana) |
| Norwegian | Lykke til! |
| Occitan | Bon astre! |
| Papiamento | Bon suerte |
| Pashto | ښه قسمت درته غواړم (kha kismet darta ghowaram) |
| Persian (Farsi) | (mo'afagh bashed) موفق باشيد |
| Polish | Powodzenia! |
| Portuguese | Boa sorte! |
| Punjabi | ਭਾਗ ਚੰਗੇ ਹੋਣ / bhag chngae hoon (بھاگ چنگے ہون) |
| Romanian | Noroc! |
| Russian | Удачи! (Udači!) |
| Samoan | Ia manuia |
| Scots | Guid Luck! |
| Scottish Gaelic | Sealbh math dhuit/dhuibh! Gur math a thèid leat/leibh! Piseach! Piseach mhath ort/oirbh! G'un robh math agad! |
| Serbian | Срећно (Srećno) |
| Sesotho | Ke u lakaletsa lehlohonolo |
| Shona | Uve nemhanza yakanaka (sg) Muve nemhanza yakanaka (pl) |
| Sinhala | සභ ගමන්! (sabha gaman) වාසනා වේවා! (vāsanā vēvvā!) mama obata suba pathami |
| Slovak | Veľa šťastia! |
| Slovenian | Srečno |
| Somali | Guul ayaan kuu rajaynayaa |
| Spanish | ¡Buena suerte! |
| Swahili | Kila la kheri! |
| Swedish | Lycka till! |
| Swiss German | Viel Glück / Alles Gueti |
| Tagalog | Suwertehin ka sana / Magsumikap ka / Pagbutihin mo Mapasa iyo nawa ang suwerte (old fashioned) |
| Tamil | நல் வாழ்த்துக்கள் (nal vaazthukkal) |
| Tatar | Zur uñışlar telim |
| Telugu | అంతా శుభం కలగాలి ! (aṅthaa shubhaṅ kalagaali!) మీకు అంతా శుభం కలగాలని కొరుకుంటున్నాను ! (meeku aṅthaa shubhaṅ kalagaalani korukuṅtunnaanu!) |
| Tetum | Sorti diak / Boasorte |
| Thai | ขอให้โชคดี! |
| Tibetan | བྱ་བ་ལམ་འགྲོ་ཡོང་བར་ཤོག |
| Tigrinya | ጽቡቅ ዕድል (Tsibuk E’dl) |
| Tongan | Monū'ia |
| Tsez | Бах бохъолI дебес! (Bax boqoƛ debes!) |
| Tswana | Masego ke ao / o nne le masego |
| Turkish | İyi şanslar! |
| Ukrainian | Щасти вам/тобі! (Ščasty vam/tobi) Нехай щастить! (Nechaj ščastytʼ) На все добре! (Na vse dobre) |
| Urdu | (allah ka fazal ho) اللہ کا فضل ہو! |
| Uzbek | Omad yor bo'lsin! |
| Venda | Ndzi ku navelela mikateko |
| Venetian | Bona fortuna! |
| Vietnamese | Chúc may mắn! |
| Visayan | Maayong swerte! |
| Võro | Hüvvä! Hääd ynnõ! |
| Welsh | Pob lwc! |
| Xhosa | Amathamsanqa |
| Yiddish | (Zol zayn mit mazl!) זאָל זײַן מיט מזל! (Glik!) גליק! |
| Yorùbá | Yoo dara o / Yoo bọ si o |
| Yucatec Maya | Ka xi'ik teech utsil |
| Zazaki | Fêl u emelê şıma raşt şoro! |
| Zulu | Ngikufisela iwela! / Ngikufisela impumelelo! |
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