Saying goodbye is never just about words — it’s about emotion, connection, and culture.
Whether it’s a casual “see you later” or a heartfelt farewell, each language has its own beautiful way to express it.
In this article, you’ll discover how to say goodbye in different languages, and learn how people around the world share their parting words with warmth and meaning.
This guide is written just for you — the traveler, the language lover, or the curious soul who enjoys learning how words bring people closer.
You’ll not only find translations but also get a glimpse into the feeling behind each goodbye.
By the end, you’ll be ready to say farewell in dozens of languages — with confidence, style, and heart.
🌎 How to Say Goodbye in 70 Different Languages
- English (🇬🇧) – Goodbye | Pronunciation: good-BYE
Example: Goodbye, see you tomorrow! - Spanish (🇪🇸) – Adiós | Pronunciation: ah-DYOS
Example: Adiós, que tengas un buen día. (Goodbye, have a good day.) - French (🇫🇷) – Au revoir | Pronunciation: oh ruh-VWAHR
Example: Au revoir, à bientôt! (Goodbye, see you soon!) - German (🇩🇪) – Auf Wiedersehen | Pronunciation: owf VEE-der-zay-en
Example: Auf Wiedersehen, bis morgen! (Goodbye, see you tomorrow!) - Italian (🇮🇹) – Addio | Pronunciation: ah-DEE-oh
Example: Addio, amico mio. (Goodbye, my friend.) - Portuguese (🇵🇹) – Adeus | Pronunciation: ah-DEH-oosh
Example: Adeus, até logo! (Goodbye, see you later!) - Russian (🇷🇺) – До свидания (Do svidaniya) | Pronunciation: duh svee-DAH-nee-ya
Example: До свидания, мой друг. (Goodbye, my friend.) - Chinese (Mandarin) (🇨🇳) – 再见 (Zàijiàn) | Pronunciation: dzye-jyen
Example: 再见，我的朋友. (Goodbye, my friend.) - Japanese (🇯🇵) – さようなら (Sayōnara) | Pronunciation: sah-YOH-nah-rah
Example: さようなら、またね. (Goodbye, see you later.) - Korean (🇰🇷) – 안녕히 가세요 (Annyeonghi gaseyo) | Pronunciation: ahn-nyong-hee gah-seh-yo
Example: 안녕히 가세요! (Goodbye!) - Arabic (🇸🇦) – وداعًا (Wadā‘an) | Pronunciation: wah-DAA-an
Example: وداعًا يا صديقي. (Goodbye, my friend.) - Hindi (🇮🇳) – अलविदा (Alvida) | Pronunciation: ul-vee-DAH
Example: अलविदा मेरे दोस्त। (Goodbye, my friend.) - Urdu (🇵🇰) – الوداع (Alvida) | Pronunciation: ul-vee-DAH
Example: الوداع میرے دوست۔ (Goodbye, my friend.) - Turkish (🇹🇷) – Hoşça kal | Pronunciation: hosh-cha-kahl
Example: Hoşça kal, görüşürüz! (Goodbye, see you!) - Greek (🇬🇷) – Αντίο (Antío) | Pronunciation: ahn-DEE-oh
Example: Αντίο φίλε μου. (Goodbye, my friend.) - Hebrew (🇮🇱) – להתראות (Lehitraot) | Pronunciation: leh-hit-rah-OHT
Example: להתראות בקרוב. (Goodbye, see you soon.) - Thai (🇹🇭) – ลาก่อน (Lā-kòn) | Pronunciation: lah-gawn
Example: ลาก่อน แล้วเจอกันใหม่. (Goodbye, see you again.) - Vietnamese (🇻🇳) – Tạm biệt | Pronunciation: tahm bee-ET
Example: Tạm biệt, hẹn gặp lại. (Goodbye, see you again.) - Swahili (🇰🇪) – Kwaheri | Pronunciation: kwah-HEH-ree
Example: Kwaheri rafiki yangu. (Goodbye, my friend.) - Zulu (🇿🇦) – Hamba kahle | Pronunciation: HAHM-bah gah-shleh
Example: Hamba kahle, mngani wami. (Go well, my friend.) - Polish (🇵🇱) – Do widzenia | Pronunciation: doh veed-ZEH-nyah
Example: Do widzenia, do jutra! (Goodbye, see you tomorrow!) - Dutch (🇳🇱) – Tot ziens | Pronunciation: toht zeens
Example: Tot ziens, vriend! (Goodbye, friend!) - Swedish (🇸🇪) – Hej då | Pronunciation: hey doh
Example: Hej då, vi ses senare! (Goodbye, see you later!) - Finnish (🇫🇮) – Näkemiin | Pronunciation: nah-keh-MEEN
Example: Näkemiin, ystäväni. (Goodbye, my friend.) - Hungarian (🇭🇺) – Viszlát | Pronunciation: vees-laht
Example: Viszlát, barátom! (Goodbye, my friend!) - Czech (🇨🇿) – Sbohem | Pronunciation: SBO-hem
Example: Sbohem, příteli! (Goodbye, friend!) - Romanian (🇷🇴) – La revedere | Pronunciation: lah reh-veh-DEH-reh
Example: La revedere, prietene! (Goodbye, friend!) - Ukrainian (🇺🇦) – До побачення (Do pobachennya) | Pronunciation: doh poh-BAH-chen-nya
Example: До побачення, друже! (Goodbye, friend!) - Persian (🇮🇷) – خداحافظ (Khodāhāfez) | Pronunciation: kho-DAH-hah-fez
Example: خداحافظ دوست من. (Goodbye, my friend.) - Malay (🇲🇾) – Selamat tinggal | Pronunciation: suh-LAH-maht ting-gahl
Example: Selamat tinggal, jumpa lagi! (Goodbye, see you again!) - Indonesian (🇮🇩) – Selamat tinggal | Pronunciation: suh-LAH-maht ting-gahl
Example: Selamat tinggal, teman! (Goodbye, friend!) - Filipino (🇵🇭) – Paalam | Pronunciation: pah-AH-lahm
Example: Paalam, kaibigan ko. (Goodbye, my friend.) - Danish (🇩🇰) – Farvel | Pronunciation: far-VEL
Example: Farvel, vi ses! (Goodbye, see you!) - Norwegian (🇳🇴) – Ha det | Pronunciation: hah deh
Example: Ha det bra! (Goodbye!) - Slovak (🇸🇰) – Zbohom | Pronunciation: ZBO-hom
Example: Zbohom, priateľu! (Goodbye, friend!) - Slovenian (🇸🇮) – Zbogom | Pronunciation: ZBOH-gom
Example: Zbogom, prijatelj! (Goodbye, friend!) - Bulgarian (🇧🇬) – Довиждане (Dovizhdane) | Pronunciation: doh-VEEZH-dah-neh
Example: Довиждане, приятелю! (Goodbye, friend!) - Croatian (🇭🇷) – Doviđenja | Pronunciation: doh-vee-JEN-yah
Example: Doviđenja, prijatelju! (Goodbye, friend!) - Serbian (🇷🇸) – Довиђења (Doviđenja) | Pronunciation: doh-vee-JEN-yah
Example: Довиђења, пријатељу! (Goodbye, friend!) - Bosnian (🇧🇦) – Doviđenja | Pronunciation: doh-vee-JEN-yah
Example: Doviđenja, moj prijatelju! (Goodbye, my friend!) - Estonian (🇪🇪) – Hüvasti | Pronunciation: hoo-VAH-stee
Example: Hüvasti, sõber! (Goodbye, friend!) - Latvian (🇱🇻) – Uz redzēšanos | Pronunciation: ooz red-ZEH-shah-nos
Example: Uz redzēšanos, draugs! (Goodbye, friend!) - Lithuanian (🇱🇹) – Sudie | Pronunciation: soo-DYEH
Example: Sudie, mano drauge! (Goodbye, my friend!) - Maltese (🇲🇹) – Addiju | Pronunciation: ah-DEE-yoo
Example: Addiju, ħabib tiegħi. (Goodbye, my friend.) - Icelandic (🇮🇸) – Bless | Pronunciation: blehs
Example: Bless, sjáumst fljótlega! (Goodbye, see you soon!) - Irish (🇮🇪) – Slán | Pronunciation: slawn
Example: Slán leat, a chara. (Goodbye, my friend.) - Welsh (🏴) – Hwyl fawr | Pronunciation: hoil vowr
Example: Hwyl fawr, welwn ni’n fuan! (Goodbye, see you soon!) - Hawaiian (🇺🇸) – Aloha | Pronunciation: ah-LOH-hah
Example: Aloha, a hui hou! (Goodbye, until we meet again!) - Maori (🇳🇿) – Haere rā | Pronunciation: hi-reh rah
Example: Haere rā, e hoa! (Goodbye, friend!) - Afrikaans (🇿🇦) – Totsiens | Pronunciation: toht-seens
Example: Totsiens, sien jou later! (Goodbye, see you later!) - Amharic (🇪🇹) – ደህና ሁን (Dehna hun) | Pronunciation: deh-nah hoon
Example: ደህና ሁን ጓደኛዬ። (Goodbye, my friend.) - Bengali (🇧🇩) – বিদায় (Biday) | Pronunciation: bee-DYE
Example: বিদায় আমার বন্ধু। (Goodbye, my friend.) - Tamil (🇮🇳) – விடைபெறு (Vidaiperru) | Pronunciation: vee-DYE-peh-roo
Example: விடைபெறுகிறேன் நண்பா. (Goodbye, friend.) - Telugu (🇮🇳) – వీడ్కోలు (Veedkolu) | Pronunciation: veed-KO-loo
Example: వీడ్కోలు నా స్నేహితా. (Goodbye, my friend.) - Kannada (🇮🇳) – ವಿದಾಯ (Vidāya) | Pronunciation: vee-DAH-ya
Example: ವಿದಾಯ ಸ್ನೇಹಿತಾ. (Goodbye, friend.) - Malayalam (🇮🇳) – വിട (Vida) | Pronunciation: vee-dah
Example: വിട സുഹൃത്തേ. (Goodbye, friend.) - Gujarati (🇮🇳) – અલવિદા (Alvida) | Pronunciation: ul-vee-DAH
Example: અલવિદા મિત્ર. (Goodbye, friend.) - Marathi (🇮🇳) – निरोप (Niroop) | Pronunciation: nee-ROHP
Example: निरोप माझ्या मित्रा. (Goodbye, my friend.) - Punjabi (🇮🇳/🇵🇰) – ਅਲਵਿਦਾ (Alvida) | Pronunciation: ul-vee-DAH
Example: ਅਲਵਿਦਾ ਮੇਰੇ ਦੋਸਤ। (Goodbye, my friend.) - Nepali (🇳🇵) – बिदाइ (Bidaai) | Pronunciation: bee-DYE
Example: बिदाइ मेरो साथी। (Goodbye, my friend.) - Sinhala (🇱🇰) – ගිහින් එන්නම් (Gihin ennan) | Pronunciation: gee-hin enn-nahm
Example: ගිහින් එන්නම් මිතුරා. (Goodbye, my friend.) - Mongolian (🇲🇳) – Баяртай (Bayartai) | Pronunciation: bah-YAR-tie
Example: Баяртай, найз минь. (Goodbye, my friend.)
💬 Conclusion
No matter where you are, “goodbye” is more than a farewell — it’s a wish for safety, happiness, and reunion. From Adiós in Spanish to Aloha in Hawaiian, each version carries emotion and warmth that remind us goodbyes are never truly the end.
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