Bon appétit in many languages

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.

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Language	Bon appetit / Have a nice meal
Adyghe	Гухахъо ошх!
Afrikaans	Smaaklike ete! Lekker eet!
Albanian (Gheg)	T'bãft mir
Albanian (Tosk)	T'bëftë mirë!
Alsatian	e Güeter! e Bessere (reply to the above)
Amharic	ብላ (bəla) -eat! >m ብዪ (biy) -eat! >f ብሉ (bəlu) -eat! - pl መልካም ምግብ (mälkam məgəb) -good feasting
Arabic (Egyptian)	بالهنا و الشفاء! (bil hana wish shifa'!) الله يهنّيك rsp m - (allah yehanneek) الله يهنيكي rsp mf - (allah yihanneeki)
Arabic (Lebanese)	Sa7tayn Bil hana
Arabic (Modern Standard)	(bil-hanā' wa ash-shifā')بالهناء والشفاء /بالهنا والشفا may you have your meal with gladness and health
Arabic (Moroccan)	(besseha)بالصحة
Aragonese	Qué aprofeite
Aramaic	Hanyoutho
Armenian (Eastern)	Բարի' ախորժակ: (Bari akhorzhak)
Armenian (Western)	Բարի ախորժակ: (Paree akhorzhag)
Aromanian	Oraxi bunã! S-vã facã ghini!
Assamese	খোৱাৰ আমেজ লওঁক! (khuwar amez lôûk) - frm খোৱাৰ আমেজ লোৱা! (khuwar amez lûwa) - inf (please enjoy your meal)
Asturian	Qu'aproveche
Atikamekw	Miro mitciso!
Azerbaijani	Nuş olsun
Balinese	Rarisang ngajeng
Bambara	K'i ni hɛrɛ bɛn Ka su maya aw kono
Basque	On egin!
Bavarian	Låsd's aih šmegga (pl) An guadn
Belarusian	Смачна есьці! (Smačna jeści!)
Bengali	খাবারটি উপভোগ করুন (Khabarṭi upôbhog kôrun)
Bhojpuri	मज़े से खा (maze se khaa)
Bikol	Magpakabasog ka
Bosnian	Prijatno!
Breton	Kalon digor! Debrit ervat! Debrit a galon!
Bulgarian	Добър апетит! (Dobãr apetit!) Приятен апетит! (Prijaten apetit!) Бон апети (Bon apeti) Приятно хапване! (Prijatno hapvane!) vinf
Catalan	Bon profit! Que vagi de gust!
Cebuano	Manga-on ta! Manga-on ta ninyo!
Chabacano de Cavite	Cumi Ya
Chabacano de Zamboanga	Buen apetito Buen aprovecho Come ya
Chamorro (Guam dialect)	Ta fañocho (let's eat)
Chamorro (North Marianas dialect)	Buen prubechu
Chechen	ГIоза яийла ахь! (Ġoza yaiyla aẋ!)
Chinese (Cantonese)	食飯! (sihk faahn) -eat
Chinese (Hakka)	慢慢吃 (mang-mang sik)
Chinese (Mandarin)	慢慢吃 (mànman chī) -eat slowly (not often used)
Chinese (Shanghainese)	吃的开心 (Chin la ke xin ye)
Chinese (Taiwanese)	食福 (chia̍h hok) -Eat well, enjoy good food 食卡飽 (chia̍h kah pá) -Eat till satisfied 食氣 (chia̍h khì) -Eat up
Cornish	Omlowenha dha voes! (sg) Omlowenhewgh agas boes! (pl)
Corsican	Bon appetitu
Croatian	Dobar tek!
Cuyonon	Amos! Makaen kita!
Czech	Dobrou chuť! Nech si chutnat! (inf) Nechte si chutnat! (pl/frm) Dobré chutnání!
Danish	Vær så god! (sometimes said at the start of meals) Velbekomme! (said at the end of meals)
Dutch	Smakelijk! Smakelijk eten! Eet Smakelijk!
Efik	Dia!
English (British)	Enjoy your meal! Enjoy! Bon appetit!
Estonian	Jätku leiba! Head isu!
Extremaduran	Que assienti bien!
Faroese	Vælgagnist
Fijian	Da kana!
Finnish	Hyvää ruokahalua!
Flemish (West)	Smakelijk
French	Bon appétit !
Frisian (North - Mooring)	Mäljtid
Frisian (West)	Lekker ite!
Friulian	Bon pitic
Galician	Bo proveito! Que aproveite!
Gallo	Manje ben ! Manjéz ben ! Noune apetit ! Sognéz vous ! A la soupe Berton, le diâbl ét qhë
Gascon	Bon apétit
Genoese	Bon pro'!
Georgian	გაამოთ! (gaamot!) - frm გაამოს! (gaamos!) - inf გემრიელად მიირთვით! (gemrielad miirtvit!) - frm გემრიელად მიირთვი! (gemrielad miirtvi!) - inf
German	Guten Appetit! Mahlzeit!
Greek (Ancient)	Τὸ δεῖπνον ἐστ’ ἐπεσκευασμένον (Tó deípnon est' epeskeuasménon)
Greek (Modern)	Καλή όρεξη! (Kalí óreksi!)
Greenlandic	Nerilluarisi
Guaraní	Pekaruporãnte
Guernésiais	Bouan appétit!
Haitian Creole	Bon apeti
Hausa	A ci abinci lafiya
Hawaiian	E ʻai kāua (dl) (Let's eat!) E ʻai kākou (pl) (Let's eat!)
Hebrew	(be'te-avon)בתיאבון
Hiligaynon	Maayo nga pagpanginaon
Hindi	कृपया भोजन शुरू कीजियै! (kripyā bhojan shuru kijīyai) -please start eating कृपया भोजन का आनंद लीजिये! (kripyā bhojan kā ānnaṅd lijīyai) -please enjoy your meal
Hmong (White)	Noj zoo Noj qab noj zoo Noj qab nyob zoo
Hungarian	Jó étvágyat!
Iban	Nyamai nya' empa/lauk dimakai nuan? (Is it good?) Makai 'agi! (Eat more!) Makai am! (Let's go eat!)
Icelandic	Verði þér að góðu
Igbo	Rie nke ọma Nri abịagọ Oriri adaa
Iloko	Manganen
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 it ご馳走さまでした (gochisōsama deshita) - said after a meal by those who have eaten it
Javanese	ꦱꦸꦒꦼꦁꦣꦲꦂ (Sugeng dhahar) (Kromo Inggil) ꦲꦪꦺꦴꦢꦶꦥꦔꦤ꧀ (Ayo dipangan) (Ngoko)
Jenesch	Han voscha
Jèrriais	Bouan appétit!
Kalmyk	Аршан болтха (Aršan boltxa)
Kannada	ಊಟ ಸವಿಯಿರಿ (ūṭa saviyiri) ಊಟ ಆನಂದಿಸಿ (ūṭa ānandisi) ಊಟ ಭೋಜನ ಸವಿಯಿರಿ (ūṭa bhōjana saviyiri) ಊಟ ಭೋಜನ ಆನಂದಿಸಿ (ūṭa bhōjana ānandisi)
Kashubian	Bòże przeżegnéj
Kazakh	Ас болсын! (As bolsın!) - inf Асыңыз дәмді болсын! (Asıñız dämdi bolsın!) - frm Ас дәмді болсын! (As dämdi bolsın!) - gen
Khmer	អញ្ជើញ​ពិសាឲ្យ​បាន​ឆ្ងាញ់ (’ânhcheunh ​pĭsaa ôyy ​ban ​chhngéanh)
Khoekhoe (Nama)	!Gâi ǂûs
Kinyarwanda	Muryoherwe
Kiribati	Bon kangae ko raoi (sg) Bon kangae ngkami raoi (pl)
Korean	잘 먹겠습니다 (jal meokkesseumnida) -before a meal 잘 먹었습니다 (jal meogeosseumnida) -after a meal 맛있게 드세요 (masitkke deuseyo)
Kurdish (Kurmanji)	Noshî can be!
Kurdish (Sorani)	Noşigyan
Kyrgyz	Тамагыңыз даамдуу болсун! (Tamagyngyz daamduu bolson!) - sg/frm Тамагыңыз таттуу болсун! (Tamagyngyz tattuu bolsun!) - sg/frm
Lao	ເຊີນແຊບ (soen saeb)
Latin	Bene sapiat! Bona appetitionem! Bone appetition!
Latvian	Labu apetīti
Lingala	Kolia mboté Kolia malamu
Lithuanian	Gero apetito! Skanaus!
Livvi-Karelian	Hyviä syöndyhimuo!
Low Saxon	Laat di dat lecker smecken! (sg) Laat jo dat lecker smecken! (pl)
Luxembourgish	Gudden Appetit! (frm) Bon appetit (inf)
Macedonian	Пријатно јадење (Priyatno yadenye)
Magahi	बढियाँ से खा /bəɽʱɪjãː se kʰa/
Malagasy	Mazotoa homana!
Malay	Selamat menjamu selera! (Please treat your appetite) Jemput makan! (Please eat!) Makan makan! (Eat eat!)
Malayalam	രുചിയോടെ ഭക്ഷണം ആസ്വദിക്കാന്‍ കഴിയട്ടേ (ruchiyode bhakshanam aaswadikkan kazhiyatte)
Maldivian	(Meerukon' kaalacchey)މީރުކޮން ކާލަޗޗޭ
Maltese	L-ikla t-tajba
Manx (Gaelic)	Gow dty vee dy fondagh!
Māori	Kia mākona
Marathi	जेवणाचा आनंद घ्या! (jevanacha anand ghya!) वदनी कवळ घेता (vadani kawal gheta)
Mongolian	Сайхан хооллоорой (Saihan hoollooroi)
Mossi	Wend na yiki laafi
Muscogee (Creek / Seminole)	Hompvks ce
Nahuatl	Xitlacua cualli
Navajo	Nizhónígo adííyį́į́ł
Nepali	राम्ररी खानुहोला (rāmrarī khānuholā)
Nogai	Асынъыз таьтли болсын!
Ndebele (Northern - Zimbabwe)	Udle kuhle
Northern Sotho	Ipshine ka dijo
Norwegian	Vær så god! Vel bekomme!
Occitan	Bon apetís!
Okinawan	うさがいみそーれー (usagaimisooree) said by the cook/chef - frm くゎっちーさびれえ (kwatchiisabiree) - frm うさがいみしぇーびり (usagaimisheebiri) - frm くゎっち一さびら (kwatchiisabira) said before a meal by those eating it くゎっち一さび一たん (kwatchiisabiitan) said after a meal by those who have eaten it
Oriya	ସୁଭ ତ୍ରୁପ୍ତି (Subha trupti)
Papiamento	Bon apetit
Pashto	(kha ishtya walare)ښه اشتیا ولری
Pennsylvania German / Dutch	Ich saag dank am disch (I offer thanks at the table)
Persian (Farsi)	(befarma'id)بفرماييد (nooshe jan)نوش جان
Polish	Smacznego!
Portuguese	Bom apetite!
Portuguese (Brazilian)	Bom apetite!
Punjabi	(no equivalent)
Romanian	Poftă bună!
Russian	Приятного аппетита! (Priyatnovo appetita!)
Rusyn	Няй вам смакує (Hjaj vam smakuê)
Sakha	Минньигэстик аһааҥ (minnigestik ahaaŋ)
Samoan	Ia manuia le tausamiga
Samogitian	Skanē panjiestė!
Sanskrit	भोजनं स्वादिष्टमस्तु (bhojanaṃ svādiṣṭamastu)
Sardinian (Logudorese)	Bon'appetitu!
Scottish Gaelic	Ith gu leòir! Ith do shàth! Làmh fhada is cead a sìneadh!
Serbian	Пријатно! (Prijatno!)
Shona	Mudye kunaka Mafidyongo
Sinhala	විනොදෙන් කන්න (vinoden kanna)
Slovak	Dobrú chuť!
Slovenian	Dober tek!
Somali	Ha kuu macaanaato
Sorbian (Lower)	Dajśo se słoźeś! (frm) Daj se słoźeś! (inf) Daj se zesłoźeś! (inf)
Sorbian (Upper)	Dajće sej słodźeć! (frm) Daj sej słodźeć! (inf)
Spanish	¡Buen provecho! ¡Buen apetito! ¡Que aproveche!
Sundanese	Ditampi (said before eating) Alhamdulillah (said after eating)
Swahili	Ufurahie chakula chako (sg) Furahieni chakula chenu (pl) Chakula chema
Swedish	Smaklig måltid!
Swiss German	En Guete!
Tabassaran	Баракат ибшри (Barakat ibšri)
Tagalog	Tayo'y magsikain (frm) Kainan na! (inf) -Let's eat!
Tahitian	Tama'a Tama'a maita'i
Tajik	Нуши чон! (Nuši čon!) -enjoy!
Tamil (formal)	மகிழ்ந்து உண்ணுங்கள் (magizhnthu unnungal) [ml] [fm]
Tamil (informal)	சந்தோஷமா சாப்பிடுங்க (sandhoshamaa saappidunga) [fm]
Tatar	Tämle bulsın
Tetum	Serbida Han ho gostu
Thai	กินให้อร่อย (gin hâi a-ròi) ทานให้อร่อย (taan hâi a-ròi)
Tibetan	ཞལ་ལག་ཉེས་པོ་གནང་རོགས། (shelak nyebo nang-rok)
Tigrinya	ቡሩኽ መግቢ (Buruk Megbi)
Tokelauan	Kai fiafia!
Tok Pisin	Hamamas!
Tsotsil	Yalchox Lek ve'el
Tswana	Itumelele dijo
Turkish	Afiyet olsun!
Tuvaluan	Kai mālosi! (sg) 'Kai mālosi! (du/pl)
Ukrainian	Смачного! (Smačnoho)
Urdu	(maze karein)مزےکریں
Uyghur	(ishtihayingiz yahshi bolsun)ئىشتىھايىڭىز ياخشى بولسۇن
Uzbek	Yoqimli ishtaha!
Venetian	Bon apetito!
Veps	Hüväd sömtahtod Hüväd litud
Vietnamese	Ăn ngon nhé Chúc ngon miệng
Võro	Hüvvä iso!
Walloon	Bon apètit
Welsh	Mwynhewch eich bwyd!
Wolof	Naci jàam bari
Wymsorys	Göt gyzant jüh!
Xhosa	Ukonwabele ukutya kwakho (sg) Nikonwabele ukutya kwenu (pl)
Yiddish	(Es gezunterheyt!)עס געזונטערהײט
Yolngu	Nyaŋ'thun buḻaŋgitj
Yoruba	Ounjẹ ajẹye o Yoo gba ibi re
Yucatec Maya	Ku méejtech uutsil
Zazaki	Afiyet bo
Zulu	Thokoleza ukudla!

Auxiliary and constructed languages
Esperanto	Bonan apetiton!
Interlingua	Bon appetito!
Klingon	yISop! (sg) peSop! (pl)
Lojban	.a'o pluka citka (Hope for pleasant kind-of eating)
Sabethir	(Endiaré'hysil)
Üqoi	Kaj'ëëj'ëëvoghjaeti akavigo! U'uz'öghjaeti abzoohä!
Volapük	Labolös fidädi gudik!

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