Common questions and greetings Flashcards
Hello, how are you?
Hola, que tal?
Good morning
Buenos días
Good afternoon
Buenas tardes
Good night
Buenas noches
Please
Por favor
Hello
Hola
How are you? (Formal)
¿Cómo está?
for older people, authority figures or as a sign of respect.
Always use in South America
How are you? (Informal)
¿Cómo estás?
The S at the end indicates that you’re talking to someone your same age or younger. If you hear tutéame, you have permission to address the person in the informal way, regardless of age.
How are you? (Plural)
¿Cómo están?
Greeting a group of people? The N at the end will indicate that you just said hello to everyone. Traveling to Spain? Say: ¿Cómo estáis? instead.
How’s it going?
¿Qué tal?
For some it may be informal, but in general this question can be used with anyone in a non-business setting.
How are you? (Plural in Spain)
¿Cómo estáis?
What’s happening? / What’s up?
¿Qué pasa?
Talking to your friends or someone younger than you? Use the phrase ¿Qué pasa? You may also hear this one when someone wants to know if something is wrong.
How’s it going?
¿Qué hubo?
This is considered informal in some countries. Use it with your friends and family. Just remember the rule about the silent H.
Welcome
Bienvenidos
Keep the final S if you are welcoming more than one person. Drop the final S and it becomes singular.
If you’re speaking to a female, you’ll say bienvenida, but for a gentleman, say bienvenido. Welcoming a group of females? Use the word bienvenidas. It may sound chauvinistic, but use the form bienvenidos if it is a mixed group.
Nice to meet you
Mucho gusto
It’s been a while since I’ve seen you!
¡Hace tiempo que no te veo!
What wave, microwave?
¿Qué onda, microonda?
This is an incredibly stupid (or funny, depending on your mindset) way to greet people in Chile, where the more standard ¿Qué onda? (What’s up?) rules the day.
(Have a nice day. — formal)
Que tenga un buen día
(Have a nice day. — informal)
Que tengas un buen día.
(See you later. [lit. We see each other.])
Nos vemos.
See you in a minute
Hasta ahora.
Until next time
Hasta la próxima
See you tomorrow
Hasta mañana.
See you next week
Hasta la semana que viene
See you soon
Hasta pronto.
See you later
Hasta luego.
Goodbye
Adiós.
Bye. — very informal
Chao
Chau
What?
¿Qué?
(Who?)
¿Quién?
(Which?)
¿Cuál?
