What is a French toast when drinking?

What is a French toast when drinking?

Instead of saying ‘cheers’ while toasting, the French wish each other good health or ‘santé. ‘ You will typically hear this word along with a clink of the drink glasses, thus instead of saying santé, you might hear ‘chin chin’ (which is the sound the glasses make when they touch each other).

How do you cheer someone in French?

If you don’t know how formal or informal you should be, à votre santé is the “cheers” for you. You can safely use it with your boss, a friend or even a stranger in a bar. Safe doesn’t mean natural though and you’ll sound more French if you use the more relaxed à ta santé with friends and people you know well.

What does Salut mean when toasting?

Hello
Salut means “Hello,” not “Health.” It’s possible that the confusion comes from the common use of Salud (Health) as a toast in Spanish-speaking countries, and Salute (Health) as a toast in Italy. Stick to Santé, and you’ll maintain the healthy respect of your amis français (French friends).

What is the meaning of Cin Cin?

cheers
or cin cin [tʃinˈtʃin] exclamation. cheers!

What is a French salute?

bye, hi, hello.

Does Chin Chin mean cheers?

In France, Italy and sometimes Britain, the word for “cheers” has Chinese origins. “Cin-cin!” (pronounced chin-chin) is uttered by Italians when they raise and clink their glasses together in a toast before sipping from a flute of spumante sparkling wine as they look each other directly in the eye.

What is the Italian toast for cheers?

Salute
‘Salute’ in Italian is a formal way of saying cheers in Italian, and often confused with ‘saluti’ which means ‘greetings. ‘ You can use ‘salute’ in almost any formal environment.

How do you answer Salut in French?

So to say “hello, how are you?” in French, simply say bonjour, ça va? or salut, ça va? What is this? If someone says this to you, you can respond with ça va bien (“it’s going well”) or tout va bien (“everything’s going well”).