Be a barfly in over 59 languages with this app

Upon arriving at an exotic, non-English locale, the truly erudite traveler hightails it not to a museum or a monument, but to that more representative temple of culture: the authentic local bar. But, often, there’s a barrier blocking you from attaining your buzz off foreign booze. That would be the fact that you have no idea how to ask for a beer. Better know how before you accidentally order yourself a drip-wax massage and end up with your head stuck six-ways-to-Sunday in the bouncer's unbreakable headlock.Enter Pivo, an iPhone app thought up by two thirsty Brits in search of brews on holiday in Prague. It translates that ever-important phrase — Can I have a beer, please? — into 59 languages, ensuring that regardless of what stamp you’re getting on your passport, you’re certainly getting smashed.

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"Of course, you can just go to a bar and point to a beer, but it is nice to make an effort to speak the language when you're in a foreign country," Justin Amey, one of the founders, told the Daily Mail.

You’d be hard pressed to find a language not covered by Pivo (which is Czech for "beer," by the way). If you happen to stumble into a bar in the Philippines where everyone is speaking the pidgin tongue Tagalog, simply say "Isang beer pa po." That’s an easy one. Oh, you’re in a bar in South Africa and the language of choice is Zulu? Just say "Nye ningi utshwala." If there are any issues with the pronunciation, Pivo provides an audio recording to help you sound it out.

All this makes for a fun way to blend in with locals. Una cerveza, por favor!