bless you

English

Interjection

bless you!

Short for (may) God bless you: said as a short prayer for the recipient.
(idiomatic) Said to someone who has just sneezed, as a polite remark.

Usage notes

Saying bless you after a sneeze is not considered particularly religious. The remark is used by those who belong to a religion as well as those who do not. In the same way, irreligious recipients of the remark are unlikely to feel irritated by it. Some speakers who are not comfortable saying bless you might instead use the German loanword gesundheit.

Synonyms

gesundheit

Translations

short for "God bless you" — see God bless you

said to somebody who has sneezed

Albanian: shëndet (sq)
Arabic: صِحَّة‎‎ (ṣiḥḥa) (health), اَلْحَمْدُ لِلّٰه‎‎ (al-ḥamdu li-llāh) (praise God), يَرْحَمْكُم اللّٰه‎‎ (yarḥamkum allāh) ((may) Allah have mercy on you), يَرْحَمْكُم‎‎ (yarḥamkum) (mercy on you)
Armenian: առողջություն (hy) (aṙołǰutʿyun)
Azerbaijani: sağlam ol
Bulgarian: наздра́ве (bg) (nazdràve)
Catalan: Jesús (ca), salut (ca), múse
Chinese:
Mandarin: (uncommon) 一百歲, 一百岁 (yībǎi suì) ((live up to) 100 years)
Czech: na zdraví (cs)
Danish: prosit (da)
Dutch: gezondheid (nl)! (formal), proost (nl)! (informal)
Esperanto: sanon (eo)
Estonian: terviseks
Faroese: Gud signi teg, Jesus signi teg, Jesuspápi signi teg
Finnish: terveydeksi
French: à vos souhaits (fr)! (formal), à tes souhaits (fr)! (informal)
Galician: saúde!
German: Gesundheit (de) (normal); hatschi (de) (informal); prost (de) (very informal)
Greek: γείτσες (el) (geítses)
Hebrew: לַבְּרִיאוּת‎‎ (labri'út), לִבְרִיאוּת‎‎ (livri'út)
Hindi: हरी ॐ (harī õːː)
Hungarian: egészségedre (hu)
Icelandic: Guð blessi þig
Irish: Dia linn!
Italian: salute (it)!
Japanese: (uncommon) お大事に (おだいじに, o-daiji ni) (take care)
Khmer: អាយុវែង (’aayu’ vɛɛng)
Korean: 쾌차하세요 (kwaechahaseyo) (informal), 빠른 쾌유를 빕니다 (ppareun kwaeyureul bimnida) (formal)
Kurdish: kher be inshalla
Kyrgyz: Акчуч (Akçuç)
Latin: absit omen, salūtā

Latvian: uz veselībām
Lithuanian: į sveikatą
Luxembourgish: Gesondheet
Macedonian: на здравје (na zdravje)
Malagasy: velona (mg)
Maltese: evviva
Nepali: चिरन्जिभी (chiranjivi)
Ngazidja Comorian: âfia
Norwegian: prosit
Persian: عافیت باشه‎‎ (âfiyat bâše), الحمد لله‎‎ (al-hamdo-li-'llâh)
Polish: na zdrowie (pl)
Portuguese: saúde (pt)! (Brazilian), santinho! (European), viva (pt), Deus te crie
Romanian: sănătate (ro)!, noroc (ro), chef (ro)
Russian: будь здоро́в (ru) m (budʹ zdoróv) (informal), будь здоро́ва f (budʹ zdoróva) (informal), бу́дьте здоро́вы (ru) pl (búdʹte zdoróvy) (formal and plural)
Rwanda-Rundi: kira
Scottish Gaelic: Dia leat!
Serbo-Croatian: nazdravlje
Cyrillic: на здравље, наздравље

Roman: na zdravlje, nazdravlje
Slovak: na zdravie
Slovene: na zdravje
Spanish: ¡Jesús (es)! (Spain), ¡salud (es)! (Latin America), ¡santinos! (Northern Spain, specifically Asturias)
Swedish: prosit (sv), väl bekomme (sv)
Telugu: చిరంజీవ (cirañjīva)
Turkish: çok yaşa (tr) (singular, informal), çok yaşayın (plural, formal)
Tày: cơm muối
Ukrainian: будьте здорові (uk) (budʹte zdorovi)
Urdu: الحمد لله‎‎ (al-hamdu li-'llāh)
Uzbek: sog-buling
Vietnamese: cơm muối
Yiddish: זײַ געזונט‎‎ (zay gezunt), צו געזונט‎‎ (tsu gezunt)

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