Good luck

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How to wish people good luck in many different languages, with recordings for some of them.

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Language Good luck!
Adyghe Гъогу маф
Afrikaans Sterkte!
Albanian (Gheg) Paç fat!
Paç nafäk!
Albanian (Tosk) Paç fat!
Aleut Ukudigal
Altay Јакшы болзын (Ĵakšı bolzın)
Aklan Mayad lang nga swerte!
Alsatian Viel Gliek
Amharic መልካም እድል (mälkam əddəl) - inf
Arabic
(Egyptian)
(hazz sa'eed) حظ سعيد!
Arabic
(Lebanese)
Allah iwaffe2
Arabic
(Modern Standard)
(bit-tawfīq) بالتوفيق!
Arabic
(Moroccan)
(h'ad saâid) حظ سعيد
Aragonese Buena suerte
Armenian
(Eastern)
Հաջողությո'ւն: (Hajoghutyun)
Բարի' բախտ: (Bari bakh.t)
Armenian
(Western)
Յաջողութիւն: (Hachoghootyoon)
Բարի բախտ (Paree pakhd)
Asturian Bona suerte
Azerbaijani Sənə uğurlar arzulayıram
Sizə uğurlar arzulayıram
Sənə müvəffəqiyyət arzulayıram
Sizə müvəffəqiyyət arzulayıram
Uğurlar
Basque Zorte on!
Bavarian Fui gligg
Belarusian Шчасліва! (Shchaśliva!)
Bengali সৌভাগ্য (Soubhagyo)
Bhojpuri किस्मत बढ़िया रहे (kismat badhiya rahe)
Bikol Swertihon ka man lugod!
Bosnian Sretno!
Sa srećom! (inf)
Breton Chañs vat!
Bulgarian Успех (Uspeh)
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
Burmese ကံကောင်းပါစေ! (kan-kaung-ba-zay)
Cape Verdean Creole Boa sorti
Catalan Bona sort!
Molta sort!
Cebuano Maayo unta swertihon!
Maynta swertihon!
Maayong kapalaran!
Chabacano de Cavite Buen suerte
Chabacano de Zamboanga Buena suerte
Chamorro
(Guam dialect)
Buena suette
Chamorro
(North Marianas dialect)
Suette
Chechen Ирс хилийла хьан (Irs xiliyla ẋan)
Chichewa Mafuna abwino
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
(Shanghainese)
Na kuade man duo tihu be
Chinese
(Teochew)
祝福 (jok4 hok4)
Cimbrian Viil galükke!
Cornish Chons da!
Corsican Bona furtuna
Croatian Sretno
Cuyonon Soirtien ka ra andan!
Czech Hodně štěstí!
Danish Held og lykke!
Dari (muwafaq bashed) موفق باشید
Dutch Succes!
Veel geluk!
Dzongkha Tashi delek!
Efik Mfọn iso!
Elfdalian Lykka til!
Estonian Edu!
Ewe Eme nenyo
Extremaduran Que vaiga bien!
Faroese Góða eydnu
Fijian Vanuinui vinaka
Finnish Onnea!
Flemish (West) Vee gheluk
French Bonne chance !
Frisian (North - Mooring) Luk deerma
Frisian (West) Súkses
Friulian Buine fortune
Galician Boa sorte!
Gascon Bona escadença
Georgian წარმატებებს გისურვებთ
(ts’armat’ebebs gisurvebt) - frm
წარმატებებს გისურვებ
(ts’armat’ebebs gisurveb) - inf
German Viel Glück!
Alles Gute!
Greek (Ancient) ἴθι εὐτυχής! (íthi eutukhēs!)
Greek (Modern) Καλὴ τύχη! (Kalí tíhi)
Greenlandic Iluatitsilluarina
Iluatitsilluarisi
Gujarati તમારા નસીબ તમને સાથ આપે
(tamara nasib tamne saath aape)
- "May your luck support you"
ભાગ્યવાન ભવઃ (bhagyavaan bhavah)
- "May you be fortunate" >m/frm
ભાગ્યવતી ભવઃ (bhagyavati bhavah) - >f/frm
શુભકામના (shubhakamna) - Good wishes
Guernésiais Bouanne Chànce!
Haitian Creole Bòn chans
Hausa Allah ya ba da sa'a
Hawaiian Pōmaikaʻi!
Maikaʻi pōmaikaʻi!
Hebrew (Behatslacha) בהצלחה
Hmong (White) Hmoov zoo
Hungarian Sok szerencsét kivánok!
Icelandic Gangi þér vel!
Igbo Ya gaziere gị
Nwee chi ọma
Iloko Naimbag a gasat kenka
Dios ti agngina (lit: "God bless")
Indonesian Semoga beruntung!
Semoga sukses! (Hope you success!)
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!
Jamaican Gud luck
Japanese ご幸運を祈ります! (gokoūn o inorimasu) - frm
頑張ってね (gambatte ne) - inf
Javanese ꦩꦸꦒꦶꦠꦤ꧀ꦱꦃꦢꦶꦥꦫꦶꦁꦔꦶꦉꦗꦼꦏꦶ
(Mugi tansah diparingi rejeki)
Jenesch Voscha mesch
Jèrriais Bouonne cache
Dés crouaîsis (Fingers crossed)
Kalmyk Уралан (Uralan)
Kannada ಒಳ್ಳೆಯದಾಗಲಿ ಅಥವಾ ಶುಭವಾಗಲಿ
(olleyadāgali athavā shubhavāgali)
Karuk Íshkiit
Kashmiri इंशाल्लाह / اِشاہءلّاہ
(Inshaallaah) >Muslims
वारकार / وارکار
(Vārakāra) >Hindus
Kazakh Іске сәт! (İske sät!)
Сәттілік тілеймін! (Sättilik tileymin!)
Khmer សូមឲ្យ​បាន​ជោគ​ជ័យ (som aôyy ​ban ​choŭk ​chôy)
Khoekhoe (Nama) !Gâi!gâb.
Kinyarwanda Amahirwe masa
Mwishyuke
Kiribati Tekeraoi!
Klingon Qapla'! (Success!)
Korean 행운을 빌어요 (haeng un eul bil eo yo) - frm
행운을 빈다 (haeng un eul bin da) - inf
Kurdish (Kurmanji) Serkeften (be)! (frm)
Serkeftin be! (frm)
Kurdish (Sorani) Xoşbext bî!
(Bekhtewer beet) بەختەوەر بیت
Lakota Sioux Tókhi wániphika ní!
Lao ໂຊກດີ (sok dee)
Latin Bona Fortunam!
Bone Fortunam!
Latvian Veiksmi!
Lai tev veicas! (inf)
Lai Jums veicas! (frm)
Laz კაი ოშანა (Ǩai oşana)
Lingala Libaku malamu
Lithuanian Sėkmės!
Geros kloties!
Low Saxon Allens Gode!
Lozi Ni ku lakaleza litohonolo
Luxembourgish Vill Gléck!
Macedonian Со среќа! (So srekya!)
Среќно! (Srekno!)
Magahi तोर किस्मत बढियाँ रहे /t̪or kɪsmət̪ bəɽʱɪjãː rəheː/
Malagasy Mirary soa e!
Malay Selamat maju jaya! (go forward and victory)
Semoga berjaya!
Malayalam ഭാഗ്യമുണ്ടാകട്ടെ (bhagyamundakatte)
നല്ലതു വരട്ടെ (nallathu varaṭṭe)
Maldivian (Kaamiyaabakah edhen) ކާމިޔާބަކަހް އެދެނ
Maltese Xewqat sbieħ
Awguri
Manx (Gaelic) Aigh vie ort! (sg)
Aigh vie erriu! (pl)
Noorey vie ort! (sg)
Noorey vie erriu! (pl)
Māori Kia waimarie
Marathi शुभेच्छा! (shubheccha!)
भले होवो! (bhale hoao!)
Marshallese Jeraam̧m̧an n̄an kwe
Mongolian Амжилт хүсье (Amjilt husey)
Mossi Wend na loke (God provide)
Wend na song y (God help you)
Nahuatl Ma cualli ohtli
Ndebele (Northern - Zimbabwe) Ngikufisela inhlanhla enhle!
Ndebele (Southern) Iba netjhudu
Nepali शुभकामना (śubhakāmanā)
Newari / Nepal Bhasa भिनेमा (bhinemā)
सुथां लायेमा (suthāṅ lāyemā)
पूवनेमा (pūvanemā)
Northern Sámi Ollu lihkku
Northern Sotho Mahlatse
Norwegian Lykke til!
Occitan Bon astre!
Omaha Washkóiⁿga (ho)! (m)
Washkóⁿa! (f)
Oriya ସବୁ ସୁଭ ହଉ (Sabu subha hau)
Ossetian Уæлахиз у! (Uælaxiz u!)
Дзæбæх ут! (Dzæbæx ut!)
Papiamento Bon suerte
Hopi Suerte
Pashto ښه قسمت درته غواړم
(kha kismet darta ghowaram)
Persian (Farsi) (movafagh bashid) موفق باشيد
(piruz bashid) پیروز باشید
Picard Du brin pour ti ! (inf)
Polish Powodzenia!
Portuguese Boa sorte!
Portuguese (Brazilian) Boa sorte!
Punjabi ਭਾਗ ਚੰਗੇ ਹੋਣ / بھاگ چنگے ہون (bhag chngae hoon)
Rapa Nui Ka oho riva-riva!
Romani But baxt tuke
T'aves baxtalo (>m)
T'aves baxtali (>f)
Romanian Noroc!
Russian Удачи! (Udachi!)
Rusyn Май ся добрї! (Maj sja dobrji!)
Sakha Ситиһиини баҕарабын! (sitihiini baɣarabɯn)
Samoan Ia manuia
Samogitian Siekmies!
Sanskrit सौभाग्यम् (saubhāgyam)
Scots Guid luck!
Scottish Gaelic Sealbh math dhuit! (inf)
Sealbh math dhuibh! (frm/pl)
Gur math a thèid leat! (inf)
Gur math a thèid leibh! (frm/pl)
Piseach! (inf)
Piseach mhath ort! (inf)
Piseach mhath oirbh! (frm/pl)
Gun tèid leat!
Beir buaidh!
Gun soirbhich leat!
Serbian Срећно (Srećno)
Sesotho Ke u lakaletsa lehlohonolo
Shona Uve nemhanza yakanaka (sg)
Muve nemhanza yakanaka (pl)
Sicilian Bona furtuna
Bona sorti
Bon prudi
Sindhi ٻيڙائي پار
Sinhala සභ ගමන්! (sabha gaman)
වාසනා වේවා! (vāsanā vēvvā!)
mama obata suba pathami
Slovak Veľa šťastia!
Slovenian Srečno
Sorbian (Lower) Wjele wuspěcha!
Sorbian (Upper) Wjele wuspěcha!
Wjele zboža!
Somali Guul ayaan kuu rajaynayaa!
Spanish ¡Buena suerte!
Sundanese Mugia sing hasil (frm)
Mugia sing suksés (frm)
Mugi sing hasil (frm)
Mugi sukses (frm)
Sing hasil (inf)
Sing sukses (inf) - must be preceded by another sentence
Swahili Kila la kheri!
Swazi Inhlanhla lenhle!
Swedish Lycka till!
Swiss German Viel Glück
Alles Gueti
Tagalog Suwertehin ka sana
Magsumikap ka (Work hard)
Pagbutihin mo (Do your best)
Mapasa iyo nawa ang suwerte (old fashioned)
Tajik Барори кор! (Barori kor!)
Бароятон муваффакият! (Baroâton muvaffakiât!)
Tamil (formal) நல்வாழ்த்துக்கள்
(nal vaazthukkal) [ml] [fm]
Tamil (informal) நல்வாழ்த்துக்க
(nal vaazthukka) [fm]
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! (kŏr hâi chôhk dee)
Tibetan བྱ་བ་ལམ་འགྲོ་ཡོང་བར་ཤོག (cha-wa lam-to yong-bar-shok)
Tigrinya ጽቡቅ ዕድል (Tsibuk E’dl)
Tongan Monū'ia
Tsez Бах бохъолI дебес! (Bax boqoƛ debes!)
Tsonga Ndzi ku navelela mikateko
Tsotsil Lekuk me avo'ra
Tswana Masego ke ao
O nne le masego
Tumbuka Viwemi vyose
Turkish İyi şanslar!
Tuvaluan Manuia!
Twi Mema wo tiri nkwa!
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!
Uyghur (Amät bolsun!) ئامەت بولسۇن!
Uzbek Omad yor bo'lsin!
Venda Mashudu mavhuya
Venetian Bona fortuna!
Vietnamese Chúc may mắn!
Võro Hüvvä!
Hääd ynnõ!
Wayuu Apeechi Maleiwa kasa anasü pümüin
Welsh Pob lwc!
Wolof Màa ngui lay nianal weurseuk
Xhosa Ube nethamsanqa! (pl)
Nibe nethamsanqa! (pl)
Yiddish (Zolst zayn matsliekh) זאָלסט זײַן מסליח
(Zolst hobn mazl) זאָלסט האָבן מזל
Yoruba Yoo dara o
Yoo bọ si o
Yucatec Maya Ka xi'ik teech utsil
Zazaki Bextê to raşt bo
Bextê to weş bo
Felê to raşt şoro
Zulu Ngikufisela iwela!
Ngikufisela impumelelo!
Auxiliary and constructed languages
Esperanto Bonŝancon!
Interlingua Bon fortuna! Bon sorte!
Lojban .a'o xamgu funca

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