Jan 15 2008
Hello in Spanish
In Spanish, greetings are called saludos, and for something as simple as a hello, choosing the correct Spanish word to match the occasion can sometimes be confusing. Don’t worry about formal and informal structures, we will be covering those in a later lesson, as well as how some of the words below can change meaning depending on emphasis and context. This is a vocabulary lesson.
Mucho gusto is a polite general greeting / hello when you meet someone for the first time.
¡Hola! is the classic hi or hello!
| ¡Hola! | Hello! |
| Mucho Gusto | Nice to meet you. (literally - much pleasure) |
| Buenos días | Good morning |
| Buenas tardes | Good afternoon |
| Buenas noches | Good night or Good evening |
| ¿Cómo está Usted? | How are you? (formal) |
| ¿Cómo está? (Usted) | How are you? (formal shortened) |
| ¿Cómo estás? (Tu) | How are you? (informal) |
| ¿Cómo te vá? | How is it going? (informal) |
| Qué tal | How are things? (informal) |
| ¿Qué pasa? | What’s happening? (informal) |
| ¡Quihubo! | What’s up? (slang) |
| Qué honda | What’s new? (slang) |
| Encantado de conocerlo | Enchanted to know you (formal) |
