за ваше здоровье
Russian
Russian phrasebook
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [zɐ‿ˈvaʂɨ zdɐˈrov⁽ʲ⁾je]
Interjection
за ва́ше здоро́вье • (za váše zdoróvʹje)
- cheers! (toast when drinking, formal, lit.: to your health!)
- 1880, Салтыков-Щедрин, “По-родственному”, in Господа Головлёвы; English translation from I. P. Foote, transl., The Golovlevs, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1986:
- — За ваше здоровье, маменька! — говорит он, обращаясь к старухе барыне и проглатывая водку.
— На здоровье, батюшка!- — Za vaše zdorovʹje, mamenʹka! — govorit on, obraščajasʹ k staruxe baryne i proglatyvaja vodku.
— Na zdorovʹje, batjuška! - ‘Your health, ma’am,’ he says, addressing the old mistress and swallowing the vodka.
‘Good health to you, sir.’
- — Za vaše zdorovʹje, mamenʹka! — govorit on, obraščajasʹ k staruxe baryne i proglatyvaja vodku.
See also
- за твоё здоро́вье (za tvojó zdoróvʹje) (informal)
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