If you meet some foreign friends in the afternoon or when you travel and go sightseeing after lunch, it would be good to say “Good afternoon” in their mother tongue.
It’s normal for them that some people know how to say “Hello.”, but usually they don’t expect that people say “Good afternoon” in their language.
So it would be a surprise for them and can make them a bit happier.
Let’s see how to say “Good afternoon” in 50 different languages.
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| Language | Play | |
| Afrikaans | ▶️ | Goeiemiddag. |
| Albanian | ▶️ | Mirëdita. |
| Arabic | ▶️ | يومك سعيد. |
| yawmuk saeid. | ||
| Arabic (Egyptian) | ▶️ | مساء الخير |
| masa’ alkhayr | ||
| Armenian | ▶️ | Բարի օր |
| Bari or | ||
| Bengali | ▶️ | শুভ বিকেল। |
| Śubha bikēla. | ||
| Bosnian | ▶️ | Dobar dan. |
| Cantonese | ▶️ | 午安 |
| ng5 ngon1 | ||
| Catalan | ▶️ | Bona tarda. |
| Chinese | ▶️ | 下午好 |
| Xiàwǔ hǎo | ||
| Chinese (Taiwan) | ▶️ | 午安 |
| Wǔ ān | ||
| ㄨˇ ㄢ | ||
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| Croatian | ▶️ | Dobar dan. |
| Czech | ▶️ | Dobré odpoledne. |
| Danish | ▶️ | God eftermiddag. |
| Dutch | ▶️ | Goede middag. |
| English (American) | ▶️ | Good afternoon. |
| English (British) | ▶️ | Good afternoon. |
| Esperanto | ▶️ | Bonan posttagmezon. |
| Finnish | ▶️ | Hyvää päivää. |
| French | ▶️ | Bonne après midi. |
| German | ▶️ | Guten Tag. |
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| Greek | ▶️ | Καλό απόγευμα. |
| Kaló apógevma. | ||
| Haitian Creole | ▶️ | Bòn apremidi. |
| Hakka | ▶️ | ng3 on2 / siid5 bau1 zu5 mang1 |
| 午安 / 食飽晝吂 | ||
| Hindi | ▶️ | नमस्कार। |
| namaskaar. | ||
| Hungarian | ▶️ | Jó napot! |
| Icelandic | ▶️ | Góðan dag. |
| Indonesian | ▶️ | Selamat siang. |
| Italian | ▶️ | Buon pomeriggio. |
| Japanese | ▶️ | こんにちは |
| konnichiwa | ||
| Korean | ▶️ | 좋은 오후입니다 |
| joheun ohuibnida | ||
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| Latin | ▶️ | Bonam diem! |
| Latvian | ▶️ | Labdien! |
| Macedonian | ▶️ | Добро попладне. |
| Dobro popladne. | ||
| Norwegian | ▶️ | God ettermiddag. |
| Polish | ▶️ | Dzień dobry. |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | ▶️ | Boa tarde. |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | ▶️ | Boa tarde. |
| Romanian | ▶️ | Bună ziua. |
| Russian | ▶️ | Добрый день. |
| Dobryy den’. | ||
| Serbian | ▶️ | Dobar dan. |
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| Slovak | ▶️ | Dobré popoludnie. |
| Spanish (Latin America) | ▶️ | Buenas tardes. |
| Spanish (Spain) | ▶️ | Buenas tardes. |
| Swahili | ▶️ | Habari za alasiri. |
| Swedish | ▶️ | God eftermiddag. |
| Taiwanese (MinNan) | ▶️ | Ngóo-an. |
| 午安 | ||
| Tamil | ▶️ | மதிய வணக்கம். |
| Matiya vaṇakkam. | ||
| Thai | ▶️ | สวัสดี |
| s̄wạs̄dī | ||
| Turkish | ▶️ | Tünaydın. |
| Vietnamese | ▶️ | Chào buổi chiều. |
| Welsh | ▶️ | Prynhawn da. |
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