чао

Bulgarian

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian ciao, an adaptation of Venetian s-ciao (“I am at [your] service”) from Latin sclavus (“slave”); ultimately from Proto-Slavic *slověninъ.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈt͡ʃa̟o]

Interjection

ча́о • (čáo)

(colloquial) bye

References

“чао”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
“чао”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Macedonian

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian ciao.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈt͡ʃaɔ]

Interjection

чао • (čao)

(colloquial) bye

Derived terms

чао чао (čao čao)

See also

поздрав (pozdrav)
пријатно (prijatno)
се гледаме (se gledame)
до гледање (do gledanje), до видување (do viduvanje)
збогум (zbogum)

Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian ciao.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈt͡ɕao]

Interjection

ча́о • (čáo)

goodbye (farewell)
ciao

Synonyms

приве́т (privét)
ча́о-кака́о (čáo-kakáo)

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