or To your health!
But in the Philippines they say, “Who didn’t take a bath?”
or To your health!
Responding to someones sneeze with a Bless you!
or To your health!
originated in ancient times due to ancient superstitions.
The ancient Romans would respond to an Ah-choo!
with either Jupiter preserve you or Good health to you.
The ancient Greeks would say Have a long life.
The religious response: God bless you!
The secular response: Gesundheit!
or To your health!
Basically, it just means Good health to you.
There are a couple of amusing outliers, thoughcheck the entries for Tagalog and Vietnamese.
)AmharicYimarish (for female), Yimarih (for male.
)(May God forgive you!ArabicYarhamkum Allah.
(God have mercy on you.)ArmenianAroghjootyoon.(Health.)BasqueDoministiku.
(The Lord be with you.BosnianNazdravlje(To health!
)BurmeseTa Baw Pout Pi Lar?
(Understood?orGot it?CroatianIstina!(Truth!
)CzechJe to pravda?
(It is true?
)FaroeseJesuspapi vlsigni teg!
)FinnishTerveydeksi(To health!
)GujaratiGhanu Jivo(Bless you!
)FrenchA tes / vos souhaits.
(To your wishes.
)GreekSteen ygeia su.
(To your health!
(To health!)HungarianEgeszsegedre!
(To your health!
)IcelandicGu hjalpi er!
(God be with us.)ItalianSalute!(Health!)KhmerSbaoi.
(To your health.
(To your health.)MalteseEvviva.
(May he/she live.
(May God forgive you.
)NavajoTaa bi ani.
(That/the one said it.)NorwegianProsit!
(To health!)PashtoSah-bur.(Patience.
(May cleanliness/purity be bestowed upon you.
)PortugueseDeus te guarde.
(May God keep you warm and covered.
(Live 100 years.
(To health!)SpanishSalud.
(To your health.
)TagalogNaligo ako ah!
or Sino ang di na ligo?
( Hey, I took a bath or Who didnt take a bath?
)TurkishCok yaa, salkl yaa.
(Live long, live healthy.
)VietnameseCom voi muoi.
(Rice with salt.
)WelshBendith(Bless you!
(Be healthy.)
