Champagne Toasts Around the World

Here are some toasts that I've gathered. Let me know what your favorite is! Also, be sure to read up on Why people clink glasses.

Chinese: Ganbei! (dry your cup)

Dutch: Prost! (health)

English: Cheers!

French: Santé! (health)

German: Prost! (cheers)

Hebrew: Le'chaim! (to life)

Irish: Sláinte! (to your health)

Italian: Per cent'anni! (for one hundred years)

Italian 2: Salute (health)

Japanese: Kanpai! (dry your cup)

Russian: Vashe zdorovie! (to health)

Spanish: Salud! (health)

Welsh: Iechyd da! (health)

Americans don't tend to have a single word toast. They normally toast to something in particular - friendship, love, the person at the event, and so on.

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