Phrases |
'Useful' phrases |
Idioms |
Tongue twisters |
Language-related proverbs
How to wish people luck in many different languages.
| Language | Phrase |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Sterkte! |
| Albanian | Paç fat! |
| Arabic (Egyptian) | (hazz sa'eed) حظ سعيد! |
| Arabic (Modern Standard) | (bit-tawfīq) بالتوفيق! |
| Armenian (Eastern) | Հաջողությո'ւն: (Hajoghutyun) Բարի' բախտ: (Bari bakht) |
| Azerbaijani | Yaxşı şanslar |
| Basque | Zorte on! |
| 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! |
| Chamorro | Buena suette |
| Chinese (Cantonese) | 祝你好運 (jūk néih hóuwahn) |
| Chinese (Mandarin) | 祝你好運 (zhù nǐ háoyùn) |
| Chinese (Teochew) | 祝福 (jok4 hok4) |
| Cornish | Chons da! |
| Croatian | Sretno |
| Czech | Hodně štěstí! |
| Danish | Held og lykke! |
| Dutch | Succes! Veel geluk! |
| Esperanto | Bonŝancon! |
| Estonian | Edu! |
| Faroese | Góða eydnu |
| Finnish | Onnea! |
| French | Bonne chance ! |
| Friulian | Buine fortune |
| Galician | ¡Boa fortuna! ¡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 | Καλή τύχη! (kalí tíhi!) |
| 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! |
| Italian | Buona fortuna! In bocca al lupo! |
| Japanese | ご幸運を祈ります! (gokoūn o inorimasu) |
| Jèrriais | Bouonne cache / dés crouaîsis (fingers crossed) |
| Kazakh | Іске сәт (İske sät) |
| Korean | 행운! (haeng un) |
| Latin | Bona fortuna! |
| Latvian | Laimīgs gadījums! Veiksmi! |
| Lithuanian | Sėkmės! Geros kloties! |
| Luxembourgish | Vill Gléck! |
| Macedonian | Со среќа! (So srekya!), Среќно! (Srekno!) |
| Malay | Selamat Maju Jaya! (go forward and victory) |
| Maltese | Xewqat sbieħ / Awguri |
| Manx | Aigh vie! Noorey vie ort/erriu! Oorey vie ort/erriu! Sonnys ort/erriu! |
| Māori | Kia waimarie |
| Mongolian | Амжилт хүсье (Amjilt husey) |
| Nepali | शुभ कामना (subhakamana) |
| Norwegian | Lykke til! |
| Occitan | Bon astre! |
| Persian | (mo'afagh bashed) موفق باشيد |
| Polish | Powodzenia! |
| Portuguese | Boa sorte! |
| Romanian | Noroc! |
| Russian | Удачи! (Udači) |
| 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 o lakaletsa mohlohonolo |
| Shona | Uve nemhanza yakanaka (sg) Muve nemhanza yakanaka (pl) |
| Slovak | Veľa šťastia! |
| Slovenian | Srečno |
| Spanish | ¡Buena suerte! |
| Swahili | Kila la kheri! |
| Swedish | Lycka till! |
| Tagalog | Suwertehin ka sana / Magsumikap ka / Pagbutihin mo Mapasa iyo nawa ang suwerte (old fashioned) |
| Tamil | நல் வாழ்த்துக்கள் (nal vaazthukkal) |
| Telugu | అంతా శుభం కలగాలి ! (aṅthaa shubhaṅ kalagaali!) మీకు అంతా శుభం కలగాలని కొరుకుంటున్నాను ! (meeku aṅthaa shubhaṅ kalagaalani korukuṅtunnaanu!) |
| Thai | ขอให้โชคดี! |
| Tsez | Бах бохъолI дебес! (Bax boqoƛ debes!) |
| 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 |
| Vietnamese | Chúc may mắn! |
| Visayan | Maayong swerte! |
| Welsh | Pob lwc! |
| Xhosa | Amathamsanqa |
| Yiddish | (Zol zayn mit mazl!) זאָל זײַן מיט מזל! (Glik!) גליק! |
| Yorùbá | Yoo dara o / Yoo bọ si o |
| Zulu | Ngikufisela iwela! |
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