Different ways to say Goodbye
Learn different ways to say Hello some with audio files, highlighted in Pink, just to help you get the pronunciation just right.
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English
Goodbye
Afrikaans
Totsiens
Mooi loop (go/walk well)
Albanian
Paçim
Mirupafshim
Shihemi më vonë (see you later)
Arabic (Egyptian)
(ma’is salāma) مع السّلامة
(bai) باي
Arabic (Modern Standard)
f – (tosbeheena ‘ala khair) تصبحين على خير
(ma’a as-salāmah) مع السلامة
(ilā al-liqā’) إلى اللقاء
Belarusian
Да пабачэньня (Da pabachen’nya)
Убачымся (Ubachymsia)
Bengali
আসি? (ashi?) lit. ‘may I come?’ = ‘may I leave?’
ভালো থাকবেন। (bhalo thakben) lit. ‘stay well’ – frm
ভালো থেকো। (bhalo theko) – inf
বিদায় নিচ্ছি। (bidae nicchhi) lit. ‘I am bidding farewell’
খোদা হাফেজ। (khoda hafez) lit. ‘the lord is the keeper’ – used by Muslims
Bulgarian
Довиждане (Doviždane) frm
Чао (Čao) inf
Всичко хубаво (Vsičko hubavo)
Сбогом (Sbogom)
До скоро! (Do skoro) – see you soon
До утре! (Do utre) – till tomorrow
Chinese (Cantonese)
Chinese (Mandarin)
Chinese (Shanghainese)
再見 (joigin) 拜拜 (bāaibaai)
再見 [再见] (zàijiàn) 拜拜 (bàibài)
再会 (tzewe) 明朝会 (mintzowê)
Czech
Nashledanou Čau
Danish
Farvel (frm) Hej hej (inf)
Dutch
Tot ziens, Tot straks (see you later)
Tot gauw (see you soon), Dag, Doeg, Doei
Finnish
Näkemiin
Moikka
French
Au revoir / À bientôt
German
Auf Wiedersehen (frm)
Tschüss, Tschö, Tschau/Ciao, Servus (inf)
Bis dann, Bis bald, Bis später
Greek (Modern)
Γειά σας (ya sas) – frm, Γειά σου (ya su) – inf
Αντίο (adio)
Gujarati
આવ્જો (āvjo)
Hebrew
(lehitraot) להתראות
Hindi
नमस्ते (namaste) फिर मिलेंगे (phir milenge)
Hungarian
Szia / Viszlát (inf) Viszontlátásra (frm)
Irish
Slán
Slán go fóill
Italian
Ciao / Ci vediamo / Arrivederci / Arrivederla (frm)
Japanese
さようなら (sayōnara)
いって来ます (ittekimasu)
– ‘I’ll be back’ – you are leaving
いってらっしゃい (itterasshai)
– ‘come back soon’ – you are staying
じゃあまたね (jā mata ne) – see you later
Lithuanian
Viso gero
Norwegian
Ha det bra / Hade (inf) / Adjø / Farvel
Polish
Do widzenia (frm)
Do zobaczenia
Narazie
Cześć (inf)
Portuguese (European)
Portuguese(Brazilian)
Adeus (frm); Tchau (inf); Até logo! (see you); Até breve (see you soon); Tem cuidado (take care)
Adeus (frm) Tchau (inf) Até mais! Até breve (see you soon) ; Te cuida, Tem cuidado (take care)
Romanian
La revedere
Russian
До свидания! (Do svidanija!) – frm
Пока! (Poka!) – inf
Shona
Sara Zvakanaka (sg) Sariayi Zvakanaka (pl)
Slovakian
Nasvidenje, Zbogom, Zdravo, Živijo, Adijo
Spanish
Adiós
Hasta luego
Hasta la vista
Hasta mañana
Swahili
Kwaheri
Swedish
Hej då
Swiss German
Uf Widerluege / Ciao / Tschüss / Bis spöter / Sali / Adieu)
Tagalog
Paálam
Tamil
போயிட்டு வரேன் (poittu varen)
அப்புறம் பார்க்கலாமே (apram paarkalame)
Thai
ลาก่อนนะ (laa gòn ná)
Turkish
Hoşçakal / Güle, güle
Urdu
(khuda hafiz) خدا حافظ
Vietnamese
Chào anh (>m)
Chào chị (>f)
Tạm biệt
Welsh
Hwyl, Hwyl fawr, Hwyl nawr, Hwyl am y tro, Tara, Da boch chi
Yiddish
(Biz shpeter) שפּעטער ביז (Adie) אַדיע
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