119: Salute! A guide to saying “cheers” in Italian

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🗓️ 5 December 2023

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How do you say “cheers” in Italian? Learn the two main ways, plus a few important rules so you can toast like a local!

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Today's Italian words:
Un brindisi! = A toast!
Salute! = “Cheers” for any occasion (lit. “health”)
Cin cin! = “Cheers” for everyday situations with friends and family
Guardami negli occhi = Look me in the eyes
Non con il bicchiere di plastica = Not with the plastic glass

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0:00.0	When you're having a nice aperitivo in Italy, maybe with an apparel spritz or a glass of
0:07.2	prosceco, you might want to raise a toast. So do you know how to say cheers in Italian? There are two
0:13.6	main words that you'll hear all the time and there's a slight difference between the two. So in
0:17.7	this episode, you'll learn when to use them and how to pronounce them,
0:21.2	so you can toast like a true Italian.
0:36.1	Hi everyone and welcome to learn Italian with joy of languages.
0:41.3	A little while ago on this podcast we talked about something you do that annoys me, offering me more options when we've already made a decision.
0:52.3	Today we're talking about something I do that annoys you.
0:57.3	Interrupting me when I'm working. Leaving your clothes on the bed. Oh, I know. This is the big one,
1:04.7	not correcting me when I make a mistake in Italian. No, it's being overly superstitious about toasts. Oh yeah. You're really mean about that.
1:16.9	All I want to do is say cheers. Let's listen to the conversation. How many different ways can you hear to say
1:23.7	cheers in Italian?
1:25.6	Um brindisi no not with the
1:29.4	bickiressier of plastic use a calice okay
1:35.8	all right salute
1:38.2	yes but guard me in the eyes
1:41.0	va bhaen chin No, but it's
1:48.0	aqua.
1:49.0	So I said to Mateo
1:51.0	A toast.
1:53.0	A toast.
1:54.0	Unbrindisi is how Italian say a toast.
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