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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- vincentJanuary 2022
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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 |
vincentJanuary 2022 many thanks for your comments, I am correcting the article
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
vincentJanuary 2022 Thanks Laure, do you think the article is complete or should I add other greetings ? slang or others ? https://polyglotclub.com/wiki/Language/Spanish/Vocabulary/How-to-Say-Hello-and-Greetings
EfraingaytanJanuary 2022 When we say an informal hello to a unknown person, we say: ” primo, pri, camarada” too. |
vincentJanuary 2022 Ok thanks Efraingaytan
EfraingaytanJanuary 2022 These sentences are used in Mexico, examples: 1.- ora primo. 2.- qué pasó pri.
vincentJanuary 2022 can you please give me an example in a full sentence ?