Meaning of God bless you | Babel Free
Definitions
- May God bless you; said as a short prayer, benediction, or valediction for the recipient; usually religiously; sometimes nonliterally but rhetorically or culturally.
- Said to somebody who has sneezed, as a rhetorical response; alternative form of bless you.
Equivalents
བོད་སྐད།
དཀོན་མཆོག་མཁྱེན
Čeština
na zdraví
Dansk
prosit
Esperanto
sanon
Suomi
terveydeksi
Galego
Deus llo pague
עברית
לַבְּרִיאוּת
Հայերեն
առողջություն
Македонски
на здравје
Русский
будь здоров
будь здоро́ва
будьте здоровы
да благослови́т тебя́ бог
да благослови́т тебя́ госпо́дь
Slovenčina
na zdravie
Svenska
prosit
Kiswahili
Mungu akubariki
Examples
“I heard you helped them with clearing away the downed tree. God bless you! The Lord provides!”
“You got that whole area cleaned up in one day? God bless you! I'll buy⟳ your coffee today!”
““But she will be gained by some one else. And if that some one should be the very he whom, of all others, I could least bear⟳—But I will not stay⟳ to rob⟳ myself of all your compassionate good-will, by shewing that where I have⟳ most injured I can least forgive⟳. Good bye,—God bless you!” And with these words, he almost ran out of the room.”
CEFR level
C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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