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. Georgios Babiniotis (2002), “εβίβα”, in Λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας: […] [Dictionary of the New Greek Language] (in Greek), 2nd edition, Athens: Kentro Lexikologias, →ISBN.
  2. εβίβα - Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.
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