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🤗 How do you say ”hello” in Spanish? ( Spanish speaking countries)

Dear Polyglots 😃

Could you please help PolyglotClub complete the Wiki page that contains the different ways to greet people in Spanish?

➡ Spanish Greetings (Edit the Wiki)

Many thanks!
Vincent, PolyglotClub founder


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LaureL29 profile picture LaureL29January 2022
Usually is Hola!
Depending of the moment of the day, we can say:
In the morning (before 12pm): Buenos días!
1After 12 pm: Buenas tardes
  • AlvaroM profile picture AlvaroMJanuary 2022
    The question marks are missing here:

    how are you? informal, ”what’s happening” ¿Qué pasa?
    Spain [spa-cas]

    how are you? informal, ”what happened” ¿Qué pasó?
    Mexico and Cuba [spa-ame]

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    how are you? informal, ”what’s new” ¿Qué cuentas?
    Mostly used in Spain

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    how are you? informal, ”what news do you bring” ¿Qué me cuentas?
    Mostly used in Spain

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    how are you? informal, ”how’s it going?” ¿Cómo te va?
    Mostly used in Spain

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    greeting spoken to a person after a long or unexpected absence, ”what a miracle!” ¡Vaya sorpresa! / ¡Menuda sorpresa!
    all

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    The question marks are missing here:

    how are you? informal ¿Qué tal?
    Mostly used in Spain

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    how are you? spoken to one person, formal
    ¿Qué tal está?
    Mostly used in Spain

    how are you? spoken to one person, informal ¿Qué tal estás?
    Mostly used in Spain

    how are you? spoken to a group of people ¿Qué tal están?
    Mostly used in Spain

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    Informal greeting ¿Qué hay?
    Mostly used in Spain
Efraingaytan profile picture EfraingaytanJanuary 2022
When we say an informal hello to a unknown person, we say: ” primo, pri, camarada” too.