have a nice day

English

"Have a nice day" slogan on a plastic shopping bag.

Phrase

have a nice day

1. (US, Canada, rather formal). A polite parting during daytime.

   Thank you. Have a nice day.

   • 1986, John Hughes, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, spoken by Ferris Bueller (Matthew Broderick):

     You can reach my parents at their places of business. Thank you for stopping by. I appreciate your concern for my well-being. Have a nice day!

2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see have,‎ a,‎ nice,‎ day.
   • 2011, Josh Linkner, Disciplined Dreaming, page 99:

     "Oh great, dear; have a nice day at the playground."

Usage notes

• Rarely used as a parting with friends or family.
• Have a nice day is a commonly spoken valediction, typically spoken by service employees or clerks to customers at the end of a transaction, particularly in North America. This repetitious and dutifully polite usage has resulted in the phrase developing a cultural connotation as a stereotypical display of impersonality, disinterest, or even passive-aggressive behavior.

Synonyms

• (informal, familiar) bye, see you later, see ya, have a good one
• (formal) good morning, good afternoon
• (short text, informal) HAND

Derived terms

• have a nice day syndrome

Translations

goodbye

• Afrikaans: lekker dag
• Albanian: kalofsh një ditë të bukur
• Arabic: يَوْمًا سَعِيدًا! (yawman saʕīdan!)
• Basque: egun ona izan
• Belarusian: до́брага дня (dóbraha dnja)
• Bulgarian: ху́бав ден (húbav den), прия́тен ден (prijáten den), вси́чко най-ху́баво (vsíčko naj-húbavo)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 祝你今天過得愉快／祝你今天过得愉快 (zhù nǐ jīntiān guò de yúkuài) (no exact equivalent exists; literal translation provided)

• Czech: hezký den
• Danish: fortsat god dag (da), hav en god dag
• Dutch: een prettige dag verder
• Estonian: head päeva
• Finnish: hyvää päivänjatkoa
• French: bonne journée (fr)
• Galician: teña un bo día
• Garo: nang·na namgipa sal ong·china
• German: einen schönen Tag!
• Greek: καλή σου μέρα (kalí sou méra)
• Hungarian: legyen egy szép napod, szép napot
• Icelandic: hafðu góðan dag, hafðu það gott í dag, njóttu dagsins
• Indonesian: semoga harimu menyenangkan, semoga hari Anda menyenangkan
• Italian: buona giornata, arrivederci (it), (formal) arrivederla (it), (informal) ciao (it)
• Japanese: (informal) いい日を！ (ii hi o!), (informal) よいー日を！ (yo ī hi o!)
• Korean: 좋은 하루 되세요 (jo'eun haru doeseyo), 좋은 하루 보내세요 (jo'eun haru bonaeseyo)
• Latgalian: kab skaista dīna!, kab tev breineiga dīna!
• Lithuanian: geros dienos
• Low German:

  German Low German: en schönen Dag!

• Navajo: nizhónígo nee adooʼááł, nizhónígo nihee adaʼdooʼááł
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: ha en fin dag

• Ossetian: хӕрзбон (xærzbon)
• Polish: miłego dnia
• Portuguese: tenha um bom dia
• Russian: до́брого дня (dóbrovo dnja), всего́ хоро́шего (ru) (vsevó xoróševo), прия́тного дня (prijátnovo dnja)
• Spanish: que tenga un buen día (formal), que tengas un buen día (informal), buen día (es)
• Swedish: ha en trevlig dag, ha en bra dag
• Turkish: iyi günler (tr)
• Ukrainian: бажа́ю га́рного дня (bažáju hárnoho dnja), га́рного дня (hárnoho dnja)