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Goodbye in 36 languages
Farewells are often more revealing than greetings. Many languages literally say "until we see each other again".
| Language | In its own writing | Romanisation |
|---|---|---|
| SpanishLatin | Adiós | |
| FrenchLatin | Au revoir | |
| ItalianLatin | Arrivederci | |
| PortugueseLatin | Tchau | |
| RomanianLatin | La revedere | |
| GermanLatin | Auf Wiedersehen | |
| DutchLatin | Tot ziens | |
| SwedishLatin | Hej då | |
| Norwegian (Bokmål)Latin | Ha det bra | |
| DanishLatin | Farvel | |
| WelshLatin | Hwyl | |
| PolishLatin | Do widzenia | |
| CzechLatin | Na shledanou | |
| HungarianLatin | Viszontlátásra | |
| FinnishLatin | Näkemiin | |
| GreekGreek | Αντίο | Antio |
| TurkishLatin | Hoşça kal | |
| RussianCyrillic | До свидания | Do svidaniya |
| UkrainianCyrillic | До побачення | Do pobachennya |
| Arabic (Modern Standard)Arabic script | مع السلامة | ma'a s-salama |
| HebrewHebrew | להתראות | lehitra'ot |
| Persian (Farsi)Arabic script | خداحافظ | khodahafez |
| HindiDevanagari | अलविदा | alvida |
| BengaliBengali | বিদায় | biday |
| UrduArabic script | خدا حافظ | khuda hafiz |
| TamilTamil | போய் வருகிறேன் | poi varukiren |
| Mandarin Chinese (Simplified)Chinese characters (Simplified) | 再见 | zài jiàn |
| JapaneseJapanese (kanji and kana) | さようなら | sayōnara |
| KoreanHangul | 안녕히 가세요 | annyeonghi gaseyo |
| ThaiThai | ลาก่อน | la kon |
| VietnameseLatin | Tạm biệt | |
| IndonesianLatin | Selamat tinggal | |
| Tagalog (Filipino)Latin | Paalam | |
| SwahiliLatin | Kwaheri | |
| ZuluLatin | Hamba kahle | |
| AfrikaansLatin | Totsiens |
Romanisation is a guide to the sounds. The speaker button appears only when your device has a voice for that language; computer voices may not sound like a native speaker. Phrases are cross-checked against independent sources but still await a native-speaker review.
About "Goodbye"
English goodbye comes from "God be with ye". French au revoir, German auf Wiedersehen, Italian arrivederci and Russian до свидания all mean roughly "until we meet again". Others, like Hebrew shalom or Hawaiian aloha, double as hello.
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Use the long, polite form with strangers and shop staff, and the short casual one with friends. When in doubt, choose the polite one.
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How do you say "Goodbye" in different languages?
There are 36 languages on this page. For example: Adiós (Spanish), Au revoir (French), Arrivederci (Italian), Tchau (Portuguese), La revedere (Romanian).
Are these translations checked?
Each phrase is written by us and published only when at least two independent sources agree. Native-speaker review is still to come; phrases that could not be confirmed twice are left out.