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Cross-language · 29 phrases · 11 languages

How to say "a rude toast"

The cheeky, off-color things people actually say when glasses go up.

French

Cul sec ! koo SEK Bottoms up! / Down it in one! Prendre une cuite prahndr oon KWEET To get hammered / go on a bender Être bourré etr boo-RAY To be wasted / plastered Picoler pee-ko-LAY To booze / knock 'em back Tchin-tchin ! chin CHIN Cheers! / Clink!

German

Prost! PROHST Cheers! Auf ex! OWF EX Down it in one! / Bottoms up!

Greek

γεια μας geiá mas YAH mahss Cheers! — the standard toast. άσπρο πάτο áspro páto AH-sproh PAH-toh Bottoms up! / down it in one! στην υγειά μας stin ygeiá mas steen ee-YAH mahss To our health! — the fuller, warmer toast.

Italian

all Italian →

Cin cin! chin chin Cheers! Salute! sah-LOO-tay Cheers! / To your health! (also: bless you) Offro io! OF-fro EE-oh This round's on me! / My treat! Ci facciamo un goccio? chee faht-CHAH-mo oon GOT-cho Shall we grab a drink?

Japanese

all Japanese →

一気 ikki EEK-kee Chug! Chug! / down it in one!

Korean

짠! jjan jjahn Cheers! — the toast is the sound effect itself. 원샷! wonsyat wuhn-SHAHT Bottoms up! — empty the glass in one go. 마셔 마셔! masyeo masyeo mah-SHYUH mah-SHYUH Drink! Drink! — the table chant that overrules your better judgment.

Polish

na zdrowie! nah ZDROH-vyeh Cheers! — the standard toast (and also 'bless you' after a sneeze). no to cyk noh toh TSIK Down the hatch / here we go — the onomatopoeic pre-shot toast. chluśniem, bo uśniem KHLOOSH-nyem boh OOSH-nyem Drink up or we'll doze off — the rhyming folk toast.

Portuguese

all Portuguese →

Cachaça kah-SHAH-sah Cachaça — Brazilian sugarcane liquor; slang for booze/a drinking habit Saideira sye-DAY-rah One for the road / the last drink

Russian

all Russian →

На посошок! na pososhok nah pah-sah-SHOK One for the road!

Spanish

all Spanish →

Una chela CHEH-lah A beer Arriba, abajo, al centro, pa' dentro ah-RREE-bah, ah-BAH-hoh, al SEN-troh, pah DEN-troh The Mexican toast: up, down, center, and down the hatch

Turkish

all Turkish →

Şerefe! sheh-reh-FEH Cheers! Fondip! fon-DEEP Bottoms up! / Down it in one! Sağlığına! sah-luh-uh-NAH To your health! / Cheers (gentle)