What are good drinking toasts?
To Your Health
- May your beautiful lips never blister!
- May you live for as long as you want, and never want for as long as you live!
- Strike hands with me.
- To absent friends, and to ourselves, as no one is likely to concern themselves with our welfare.
- Health to those I love, wealth to those who love me.
How do people toast in different countries?
To prepare you for the next time you raise your glass abroad, we’ve gathered a list of 10 different ways to toast around the world.
- Spanish: ¡ Salud! (
- French: Santé ! ( sahn-TAY)
- German: Prost! (
- Swedish/Danish/Norwegian: Skål! (
- Russian: За здоровье! (
- Italian: Cin cin! (
- Turkish: Şerefe! (
- Portuguese: Saúde! (
What is the Irish drinking toast?
So how do you say “Cheers”? “Cheers” in Irish is sláinte which is pronounced a bit like “slawn-che”. Sláinte means “health”, and if you’re feeling brave, you can say sláinte is táinte (“slawn-che iss toin-che”), meaning “health and wealth”.
What do Germans say when they toast each other?
Cheers in German: How to Toast = Cheers! If there is one German phrase you learn during your time at Oktoberfest, let it be this one! Prost is a cheer that works for any social drinking occasion, and is easy enough for Americans to pronounce. But there is more to cheersing than simply this word.
How do you cheers in Europe?
20 Ways To Say “Cheers!”
- Afrikaans: Gesondheid. Pronounced: Ge-sund-hate.
- Chinese (Mandarin):干杯 / gān bēi. Pronounced: Gan bay.
- Czech: Na zdravi. Pronounced: Naz-drah vi.
- Dutch: Proost. Pronounced: Prohst.
- French: Santé! / À votre santé!
- German: Prost / Zum wohl.
- Greek: ΥΓΕΙΑ
- Irish Gaelic: Sláinte.
What are some drinking quotes?
58 Funny Drinking Quotes
- “I feel sorry for people who don’t drink.
- “When I read about the evils of drinking I gave up reading.”
- “Always remember that I have taken more out of alcohol than alcohol has taken out of me.”
- “He was a wise man who invented beer.”
- “Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy.”
What to say instead of cheers when drinking?
When used as a toast, it means good wishes (before drinking). Other synonyms include: here’s to you; good health; your health; and informally, bottoms up!
How do you pronounce Zum Wohl?
Pronunciation
- IPA: /t͡sʊm ˈvoːl/
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