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These are phrases used to at the beginning or end of meals and mean something like "have a good meal" / "enjoy your meal". There is no exact English equivalent of this, though some people say bon appetit, particularly in restaurants.
Many people say grace, a short prayer recited before or after a meal to invoke a blessing upon the food or to give thanks for it.
Language | Phrase |
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Afrikaans | Smaaklike ete! Lekker eet! |
Albanian | T'boftë mire! |
Amharic | Melkam Megeb |
Arabic(Egyptian) | (bil hana wish shifa'!) بالهنا و الشفاء! response - (allah yihanneek/i) الله يهنّيك |
Arabic(Modern Standard) | (bil-hanā' wa ash-shifā') بالهناء والشفاء / بالهنا والشفا may you have your meal with gladness and health |
Armenian(Eastern) | Բարի' ախորժակ: (Bari akh.orzh.ak) |
Aromanian | Oraxi bunã! S-vã facã ghini! |
Azerbaijani | Nuş olsun |
Basque | On egin! |
Belarusian | Смачна есьці! (Smachna yesci) |
Breton | Kalon digor! Debrit ervat! Debrit a galon! |
Bulgarian | Добър апетит! (Dobãr apetit) |
Catalan | Bon profit! Que vagi de gust! |
Chamorro | Buen prubechu |
Chinese (Cantonese) | 食飯 (sihk faahn) - eat, 食慾! (sihk juhk) |
Chinese (Mandarin) | 慢慢吃! (mànmàn chī!) - eat slowly 請入席 [请入席] (qǐng rù xí) - please be seated - used only on formal occasions |
Cornish | Omlowen dha bos! |
Croatian | Dobar tek! |
Czech | Dobrou chuť! |
Danish | Velbekomme! |
Dutch | Smakelijk eten! Eet Smakelijk! |
English | Bon appetit! Tuck in! Get stuck in! Eat already! Enjoy! Enjoy your meal! Happy eating! Get your laughing gear round this! Down the hatch! This looks nice! Chow down! |
Esperanto | Bonan apetiton! |
Estonian | Jätku leiba! (used when joining the table) Head isu! (used when leaving the table) |
Faroese | Vælgagnist |
Finnish | Hyvää ruokahalua! |
French | Bon appétit ! |
Friulian | Bon pitìc |
Genoese | Bon pro'! |
Georgian | გაამოთ! (gaamoth) - frm გაამოს! (gaamos) - inf გემრიელად მიირთვით! (gemrielad miirthvith) - frm გემრიელად მიირთვი! (gemrielad miirthvi) - inf |
German | Guten Appetit! Mahlzeit! En Guete! (Swiss German) |
Greek | Καλή όρεξη! (Kalí óreksi!) |
Hawaiian | E ʻai ka-ua (you and I), E ʻai ka-kou (2+ people) |
Hebrew | (b'tayavon) בתיאבון |
Hindi | स्वादिष्ट खाना (Svādiṣṭ khānā) |
Hungarian | Jó étvágyat! |
Icelandic | Verði þér að góðu |
Indonesian | Selamat makan! |
Inuktitut | ᐊᑏ ᓂᕆᓕᖅᑕ (Atii niriliqta) |
Italian | Buon appetito! |
Japanese | どうぞめしあがれ (douzo meshiagare) = 'enjoy your meal' - said by the cook/chef いただきます (itadakimasu) - said before a meal by those eating ご馳走さま (gochisōsama) - said after a meal by those who have eaten |
Jèrriais | Bouan appétit! |
Kazakh | Ас болсын! (As bolsın!) |
Korean | 잘 먹겠습니다 (jal meokkesseumnida) - before a meal 잘 먹었습니다 (jal meogeosseumnida) - after a meal |
Klingon | yISop! (sg) peSop! (pl) |
Latin | Bonum appetitionem! |
Lativan | Labu apetīti! |
Lithuanian | Gero apetito! Skanaus! |
Lojban | a'o.e'o lo sanmi cu xamgu ko |
Luxembourgish | Gudden Appetit! |
Macedonian | Пријатно јадење (Priyatno yadenye) |
Malay | Selamat menjamu selera! (Please treat your appetite) Jemput makan! (Please eat!) Makan makan! (Eat eat!) |
Maltese | L-ikla t-tajba |
M&x#0101;ri | Kia mākona |
Marathi | रूचकर जेवण (ruckar jevaṇ) |
Mongolian | Сайхан хооллоорой (Saihan hoollooroi) |
Norwegian | Vær så god! Vel bekomme! |
Occitan | Bon apetís! |
Persian | (befarma'id) بفرماييد (nooshe jan) نوش جان |
Polish | Smacznego! Na zdrowie! Bon appetit! |
Portuguese | Bom apetite! |
Romanian | Poftă bună! |
Russian | Приятного аппетита! (Prijatnogo appetita) |
Sabethir | (Endiaré'hysil) |
Scottish Gaelic | Ith gu leòir! (Eat plenty!) |
Serbian | Пријатно! (Prijatno!) |
Slovak | Dobrú chuť! |
Slovenian | Dober tek! |
Spanish | ¡Buen provecho! ¡Buen apetito! |
Swahili | Ufurahie chakula chako (sg), Msifurahie chakula chenu (pl) |
Swedish | Smaklig måltid! |
Tagalog | Tayo'y magsikain (frm) Kainan na! (inf) - Let's eat |
Thai | ขอให้เจริญอาหาร! (koh hai cha-roen ar-harn) |
Tigrinya | ብላዕ (blaˋ - lit: eat!) |
Turkish | Afiyet olsun! |
Ukrainian | Смачного! (Smačnoho) |
Üqoi | Kaj'ëëj'ëëvoghjaeti akavigo! U'uz'öghjaeti abzoohä! |
Urdu | (maze karein) مزےکریں! |
Uzbek | Yoqimli ishtaha! |
Vietnamese | Ăn ngon nhé / Chúc ngon miệng |
Welsh | Mwynhewch eich bwyd! |
Xhosa | Ukonwabele ukutya kwakho |
Yiddish | (Es gezunterheyt!) עס געזונטערהײט |
Yorùbá | Ounjẹ ajẹye o / Yoo gba ibi re |
Zulu | Thokoleza ukudla! |