These are phrases you use when you greet people in the evening. Exactly when you use these phrases varies from country to country. In some languages, Spanish for example, the same words are used for afternoon and evening.
| Language | Evening greetings |
|---|---|
| Adyghe | Уипчыхьэ шІу |
| Afrikaans | Goeienaand |
| Albanian | Mirëmbrëma |
| Aleut | Amgiichxizax̂ |
| Alsatian | Güete Obe A güata-n-owa A göte-n-owwe. |
| Amharic | አሳለፍከው? (mishitun i'ndet asalfekew?) - m ምሽቱን እንዴት አሳለፍሽው? (ishitun i'ndet asalefeshiw?) - f አንደምን አመሹ (i'ndemin amäshu) - frm [how did you spend the evening?] |
| Arabic (Egyptian) | (misa' il kẖayr) مساء الخير response - (misa' in noor) مساء النّور |
| Arabic (Lebanese) | Masa el khayr |
| Arabic (Modern Standard) | (masā' al-khayr) مساء الخير |
| Arabic (Moroccan) | (mselkḥīr) مساء الخير |
| Aragonese | Buena nuei |
| Armenian (Eastern) | Բարի' երեկո: (Bari yereko) |
| Armenian (Western) | Բարի իրիկուն: (Paree eereegoon) |
| Assamese | শুভ গধূলি (subha gadhuli) |
| Azeri | Axşamınız xeyir |
| Basque | Arratsalde on |
| Belarusian | Добры вечар (Dobry vechar) |
| Bengali | শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha) |
| Bosnian | Dobro veče |
| Breton | Nozvezh vat |
| Bulgarian | Добър вечер (Dobãr večer) |
| Burmese | မဂႆလာပၝ (min-ga-la-ba) |
| Catalan | Bona nit |
| Chamorro | Buenas noches |
| Chechen | суьйре дика хуьлда хьан |
| Cherokee | ᎣᏍᏓ ᏒᎯᏰ (Osda svhiye) ᎣᏍᏓ ᏒᎯᏰᏱ (Osda svhiyeyi) |
| Chinese (Cantonese) | 晚安 (máahn ōn) 晚上好 (máahnseuhng hóu) |
| Chinese (Mandarin) | 晚安 (wǎnān) 晚上好 (wǎnshànghǎo) |
| Chinese (Shanghainese) | 夜到好 (yâtohô) |
| Chinese (Taiwanese) | 暗安 (àm-an) 晚安 (bóan-an) |
| Cimbrian | Guuten ābend |
| Cornish | Gorthugher da Gothewhar vaze (MC) |
| Corsican | (À) bona sera |
| Croatian | Dobra večer |
| Cuyonon | Mayad nga gabi |
| Czech | Dobrý večer |
| Danish | God aften |
| Dutch | Goedenavond / Goeienavond |
| Elfdalian | Góð kveld |
| Esperanto | Bonan vesperon |
| Estonian | Tere päevast |
| Faroese | Gott kvøld |
| Fijian | Bula, Ni sa Bula |
| Finnish | Hyvää iltaa Iltaa |
| French | Bonsoir |
| Frisian (North) | Gudeen |
| Frisian (West) | Goeie jûn |
| Friulian | Buinesere |
| Galician | Boa tarde / Boas tardes / Bo serán |
| Georgian | საღამო მშვიდობისა (saghamo mshvidobisa) |
| German | Guten Abend |
| German (Bavarian) | Gua̦dnamd |
| Greek (Modern) | Καλησπέρα (kalispéra) - when you arrive Καλό βράδυ (kaló vrádi) - when you leave |
| Greenlandic | Inuugujaq |
| Gujarati | સાંજે સારી (sān̄jē sārī) |
| Haitian Creole | Bonswa |
| Hausa | Barka da yamma |
| Hawaiian | Aloha ahiahi |
| Hebrew | (erev tov) ערב טוב |
| Hindi | नमस्ते (namaste) शुभ सन्ध्या (śubh sandhyā) |
| Hungarian | Jó estét (kívánok) |
| Icelandic | Góða kvöldið |
| Igbo | ndewo; oga diri gị (reply) |
| Iloko | Naimbag a rabii |
| Indonesian | Selamat sore |
| Interlingua | Bon vespere |
| Inuktitut | ᐅᓐᓄᓴᒃᑯᑦ (Unnuhatkut/Unnusakkut) |
| Iñupiaq | Unnusatkun |
| Irish (Gaelic) | Tráthnóna maith duit (sg) Tráthnóna maith daoibh (pl) |
| Italian | Buonasera |
| Japanese | 今晩は / こんばんは (konbanwa) |
| Jèrriais | Bônsouair |
| Kannada | ಶುಭ ಸಾಯಂಕಾಲ (shubha sāyankāla) |
| Kashubian | Dobri wieczór |
| Kazakh | Қайырлы кеш! (Qayrli kesh!) Кеш жарық! (Kesh zharyq!) |
| Khmer | សាយ័ណ្ហសួស្ដី (saayan soou sduii) |
| Khoekhoe (Nama) | !Gâi !oes. |
| Kinyarwanda | Mwiriwe neza |
| Korean | 안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka) |
| Kurdish (Kurmanji) | Êvarbaş; Êvara te bi xêr (sg) Êvarbaş; Êvara we bi xêr (pl) |
| Kurdish (Sorani) | Êware baş |
| Kyrgyz | Кутмандуу кечиниз менен (Kutmanduu kechingiz menen) |
| Ladino | (Buenas tardes) בואינאס טארדיס |
| Latin | Bonum Vesper! |
| Latvian | Labvakar |
| Limburgish | Gojenaovend |
| Lithuanian | Labas vakaras |
| Lojban | coi |
| Lozi | Lobala ka kozo |
| Lule Sámi | Buorre iehket |
| Luxembourgish | Gudden Owend |
| Macedonian | Добра вечер (Dobra vecher) |
| Malagasy | Manao ahoana e |
| Malay | Selamat malam |
| Malayalam | ശുഭസന്ധ്യ (śubh sandhya) |
| Maldivian | Bajaveri haveer eh |
| Maltese | Bonswa / Il-Lejla it-tajba |
| Manx (Gaelic) | Fastyr mie |
| Māori | Kia ora |
| Marathi | शुभ-संध्या (shubh-sandhyā) |
| Mauritian Creole | Bonswar |
| Mongolian | Оройн мэнд (Oroin mend) |
| Navajo | Yá'át'ééh |
| Ndebele (Northern) | Litshonile |
| Nepali | शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya) |
| Northern Sámi | Buorre eahket Ipmel atti (reply) |
| Norwegian | God kveld |
| Occitan | Bonser |
| Ojibwe | Mino dibikad ("It's a good night") |
| Oriya | Subha sandhya |
| Papiamento | Bon nochi |
| Pashto | (maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير (khah maakhaam) ماشام شه |
| Polish | Dobry wieczór Miłego wieczoru Dobrego wieczoru (used, though rarely, when leaving) |
| Portuguese | Boa tarde |
| Quechua | Wuynas nuchis |
| Romanian | Bună seara |
| Romansh | Buna sera / Buna saira |
| Russian | Добрый вечер! (Dobryj večer!) |
| Sakha | Үтүө киэһэнэн (ytyø kiehenen) |
| Samoan | Manuia le afiafi |
| Sardinian (Logudorese) | Bona sera |
| Scots | Guid forenicht, Guid eenin |
| Scottish Gaelic | Feasgar math |
| Serbian | Добро вече (Dobro veče) |
| Sesotho | Fonane (sg) Fonaneng (pl) |
| Sicilian | Bona sira |
| Shona | Manheru |
| Sinhala | සුභ සැන්දෑවක් (subha sandhavak) |
| Slovak | Dobrý večer |
| Slovenian | Dober večer |
| Somali | Fiid wanaagsan |
| Sorbian (Upper) | Dobry wječor |
| Southern Sámi | Buerie iehkede |
| Spanish | Buenas tardes Buenas noches |
| Stellingwarfs | Goeienaovend |
| Swahili | Habari ya jioni |
| Swedish | God kväll |
| Swiss German | Gueten Oobe |
| Tagalog | Magandang gabi po (frm) Magandang gabi (inf) |
| Tahitian | Ia ora oe i teie po |
| Tamil | மாலை வணக்கம் (mālai vanakkam) |
| Tatar | Xäyerle kiç |
| Telugu | నమస్కారం (namaskārām) - frm నమస్తే (namaste) - inf |
| Tetum | Bonoite / Kalan diak / Boasnoite |
| Thai | สวัสดีครับ/ค่ะ (sà-wàt-dee kráp/kâ) |
| Tibetan | དགོང་དྲོ་བདེ་ལེགས། |
| Tigrinya | ከመይ ኣምሲኻ (kemey Amsika) m/sg ከመይ ኣምሲኺ (kemey Amsiki) f/sg ከመይ ኣምሲኹም (kemey Amsikum) m/pl/frm ከመይ ኣምሲኽን (kemey Amsikn) f/pl/frm |
| Tok Pisin | Apinum Gut nait |
| Tongan | Malo tau ma'u e efiafi ni |
| Tswana | Muitsibowa a a monate |
| Turkish | İyi akşamlar |
| Ukrainian | Доброго вечора (Dobroho večora) |
| Urdu | (roz bākhair) روز بخير |
| Uzbek | Hayirli kech |
| Venda | Ri perile |
| Venetian | Bona sera |
| Vietnamese | Chào buổi tối |
| Võro | Tere õdagust |
| Welsh | Noswaith dda |
| Wolof | Naka ngon si |
| Xhosa | Ubusuku obuhle |
| Yapese | Fal'e baleyal |
| Yiddish | (A gut ovnt) א גוט אָוונט |
| Yorùbá | Ẹ ku alẹ |
| Yucatec Maya | Ma'lob ak'ab |
| Zazaki | Şan be xér |
| Zulu | Sawubona (sg) Sanibonani (pl) |
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