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    Greetings: Asking How Someone Is in Spanish

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    This document provides common Spanish greetings, phrases for asking how someone is, birthday greetings, well-wishes when someone is sick or needs good luck, ways to say goodbye, and some additional common phrases including days of the week. Greetings include "Hola", "Buenos días/tardes/noches", and "Encantado". Phrases for asking how someone is range from informal "¿Cómo estás?" to more formal "¿Cómo está Usted?". Well-wishes include "Mejórate pronto" for sickness and "¡Buena suerte!" for luck. Farewells include "Adiós", "Nos vemos", and

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    This document provides common Spanish greetings, phrases for asking how someone is, birthday greetings, well-wishes when someone is sick or needs good luck, ways to say goodbye, and some additional common phrases including days of the week. Greetings include "Hola", "Buenos días/tardes/noches", and "Encantado". Phrases for asking how someone is range from informal "¿Cómo estás?" to more formal "¿Cómo está Usted?". Well-wishes include "Mejórate pronto" for sickness and "¡Buena suerte!" for luck. Farewells include "Adiós", "Nos vemos", and

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    This document provides common Spanish greetings, phrases for asking how someone is, birthday greetings, well-wishes when someone is sick or needs good luck, ways to say goodbye, and some additional common phrases including days of the week. Greetings include "Hola", "Buenos días/tardes/noches", and "Encantado". Phrases for asking how someone is range from informal "¿Cómo estás?" to more formal "¿Cómo está Usted?". Well-wishes include "Mejórate pronto" for sickness and "¡Buena suerte!" for luck. Farewells include "Adiós", "Nos vemos", and

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    Greetings

    Hola - Hi. Most common greeting in Spanish.

    Buenos días - Good morning

    Buenas tardes - Good afternoon

    Buenas noches - Good evening / Good night

    Encantado – Pleased to meet you

    Asking how someone is in Spanish

    Normally the difference between a formal and informal greeting depends on the use of tú or
    usted (pan/pani). BUT this is not so normal nowadays, only for old people. These are different
    ways of asking how someone is:

    ¿Cómo estás? – informal (tú) - How are you?

    ¿Cómo está Usted? – formal - How are you?

    ¿Qué tal? - What's up? (It’s not rude or too informal, you can say it to adults)

    ¿Cómo has estado? - (this is asking about private life / health questions…)

    - How have you been?

    ¿Cómo te ha ido? - How's everything been going?

    ¿Cómo te va? (informal) - How's it going?

    ¿Cómo está(n) tu _____? hermano(s), novia, familia, padres, etc.

    - How is (are) your brother(s), girlfriend, family, parents...

    ¿Qué (me) cuentas?

    - What's new? (literally: What can you tell me?)

    ________________________

    Feliz cumpleaños - Birthday greetings (mine is the 4th of May, just saying)

    What to say in Spanish when someone is sick

    Mejórate pronto -Get well soon

    Wishing someone good luck in Spanish

    ¡Buena suerte! - Good luck!


    ¡Qué vaya bien! - I hope everything goes well

    Te deseo lo mejor ... - I wish you the best ...

    ¡Muy bien! - Very good

    ¡Qué bien!

    ¡Excelente!

    ¡Bien hecho! - Well done!

    ¡Buen trabajo! - Good work!

    ¡Felicidades por tu ... (nuevo hijo, nuevo trabajo...)! - Congratulations for your ... (new son,
    new work)

    ¡Enhorabuena! - Congratulations (when someone has just done something - passing an exam,
    getting a new job - also for the birth of a child or getting married)

    ____________________________________________

    Saying goodbye in Spanish

    Farewells also depend on the context and the person you are speaking to.

    Adiós - Goodbye

    Nos vemos - See you (informal)

    Saludos a ... tu mamá, papá, etc. - Say hi to ... your mum, dad etc

    Hasta pronto - See you soon

    Hasta luego - See you later / soon

    Hasta siempre - A final goodbye, you will most likely not see each other again

    Hasta nunca - Until never (as in, we'll never see each other again, sometimes said when angry)

    Hasta mañana – do jutra

    Hasta la otra semana - Until next week

    We also use ‘ciao’ but never to say ‘hi’, only bye.

    ¡Cuídate! - Take care

    _______________________________________________

    Some common phrases, also to practice pronunciation:

    Are you ready? - ¿Estás listo/a?

    Be careful, if you say ‘eres listo/a?’ you’re asking someone if that person is smart or not.

    Be careful – Ten cuidado

    Excuse me, can I use the bathroom? – Disculpa, puedo usar el baño?

    Cheers! – Salud
    Don’t worry – No te preocupes

    How much does it cost? - ¿Cuánto cuesta?

    It could be – Puede ser

    Just a little – solo un poco

    Shut up – Cállate

    Days of the week

    LUNES – MARTES – MIÉRCOLES – JUEVES – VIERNES – SÁBADO – DOMINGO

    Sábado y domingo = fin de semana

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