Good luck in Breton
Chañs vat
In Breton, the phrase to know first is "Chañs vat!" (Good luck!). The others are below, each with a note on when to use it.
Good luck in Breton is Chañs vat!, "good chance". Below are the wish and a fuller way to say it. Each phrase comes with a short note on when to use it.
Greetings
Chañs vat!
Good luck!
The everyday wish.
Hetiñ a ran dit chañs vat.
I wish you good luck. (one person)
Dit is "to you" for one person you know well.
Useful words
chañs
chance, luck
The plural is chañsoù.
About the words
Chañs, chance, is borrowed from French chance. Mat means good; Wiktionary lists vat among its forms, the one used in chañs vat. Tatoeba records the fuller Hetiñ a ran dit chañs vat, "I wish you good luck".
Common questions
How do you say good luck in Breton?
Chañs vat!
Good luck in the other Celtic languages
Further reading
Breton is on blas. now
Grammar, mutations, vocabulary, and reading with spaced repetition. The Breton course is in the blas. app now.
Start learning BretonBreton phrases for the year ahead
Breton phrases for everyday occasions
Sources
Every phrase and fact on this page was checked against the sources below. Last checked 2026-10-20.
- Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org
- Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org
- Tatoeba: Tatoeba #6334029 by Iriep, CC BY 2.0 FR
- Tatoeba: Tatoeba #5598001 by MacaGhallag, CC BY 2.0 FR
- Apertium Breton dictionary (apertium-bre), as stored in blas. course data: data/content/breton/lexicon.json forms["chañs vat"]
Credit: Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0.