εβίβα

Greek

Alternative forms

  • βίβα (víva) [1]

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian evviva, from e viva!, from vivere (“live”).[2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /eˈvi.va/
  • Hyphenation: ε‧βί‧βα

Interjection

εβίβα! • (evíva!)

  1. (toast before drinking alcohol) cheers!

Synonyms

  • γεια μας (geia mas) (informal)
  • εις υγείαν (eis ygeían) (formal, dated)
  • στην υγειά σας (stin ygeiá sas) (polite)
  • τσιν τσιν (tsin tsin)

References

  1. ^ εβίβα - Babiniotis, Georgios (2002) Λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας: […] [Dictionary of Modern Greek (language)] (in Greek), 2nd edition, Athens: Kentro Lexikologias [Lexicology Centre], 1st edition 1998, →ISBN.
  2. ^ εβίβα, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
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