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The traditional French equivalents of 'goodbye' are 'adieu' and 'au revoir'. The word 'adieu', which means 'to God', tends to be more final and formal.

The word au revoir means 'to the seeing again', with the preposition 'au' meaning 'to' and the infinitive-used-as-a-noun 'revoir' meaning 'the seeing again'. Besides 'au revoir', another common way of saying 'goodbye' among friends is a la prochaine [fois], which means 'til the next [time]'.

Literally, the French equivalent of 'take care' is prendre soin. The infinitive 'prendre' means 'to take'. The noun 'soin' means 'care'. But literal translations aren't always actual equivalents. Such is this case. French speakers and writers instead may use salut, which means 'salutations, greetings, cheers'.

Prenez soin de vous

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Au revoir -- used as good bye; a close literal translation is "Until I see you again"

À bientôt -- see you later

Salut -- usually means hi, not hello, but it's also used as bye.

À demain -- see you tomorrow

Bonne nuit -- good night

Bon weekend -- have a good weekend (might just be a French-Canadian thing; the correct word for weekend is fin-de-semaine, so you could also say bonne fin-de-semaine)

Italian

Ciao -- can mean hello and goodbye

Arrivederci -- goodbye

Spanish

Goodbye - adios

See you - hasta la vista

See you later - hasta luego

Take care - ¡Cuidados!

Armenian

Ցտեսություն- Tstesootyun-[tsʰtɛsuˈtʼjun]--goodbye

Հաջողություն-Hajokhootyun-[hadjokhu:t'jun]--good luck

Կտեսնվենք/Առայժմ-K'tesn'venq/Arayzhm--see you,so long

Russian

Береги себя-- take care

до свидания-- Do svidanya--goodbye

Увидимся-- Uvidimsya-- see you

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Goodbye in French, au revoir, is pronounced "o rev-WAAR," with the emphasis on the second syllable of which the a sound is spoken long -- as in the exclamation "Aaargh!" The rough translation is until we meet again. Take care, or "Prends soin de toi" in French, is pronounced "prond (silent s) swan [as in tan] dē, where the e is pronounced as in the two oo's of hooves, twaa (see Aaargh again)." Prends soin de toi,interpreted as take care of yourself, is inherently familiar and therefore necessitates the informal toi for you or yourself.

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12y ago

In french: prends soin de toi

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8y ago

: bonjour

Goodbye: Aurevoir

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Au revoir

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