ourspanishblog: Saying hello!¡Hola! - Hello! Hi!¿Qué tal? - How is it going? / How are you doing? ¡B
ourspanishblog: Saying hello!¡Hola! - Hello! Hi!¿Qué tal? - How is it going? / How are you doing? ¡Buen día! - Good day! *You can use this expression at anytime of the day.¡Buenos días! - Good morning!¡Buenas tardes! - Good afternoon!¡Buenas noches! - Good evening! / Good night!*We use this expression when the sun is already down. We use it for greeting people or to say good-bye. We also use it when we go to sleep.¡Hola a todos! - Hello everyone!¡Saludos! - Greetings!¡Bienvenido/a! - Welcome! (singular)¡Bienvenidos/as! - Welcome! (plural)¡Hola de nuevo! / ¡Hola otra vez! - Hello again!Asking how they’ve been¿Cómo estás? - How are you? (informal)¿Cómo está? - How are you? (formal)¿Cómo están? - How are you? (plural)¿Cómo te va? - How is it going? (informal)¿Cómo le va? - How is it going? (formal)¿Cómo les va? - How is it going? (plural)¿Cómo va todo? - How are things? / How is everything going?¿Qué cuentas? - What’s new? (informal)¿Qué cuentan? - What’s new? (plural)¿Cómo has estado? - How have you been? (informal)¿Cómo ha estado? - How have you been? (formal)¿Cómo han estado? - How have you been? (plural)¿Cómo te ha ido? - How have you been? (informal)¿Cómo le ha ido? - How have you been? (formal)¿Cómo les ha ido? - How have you been? (formal)The question “¿Cómo has estado?” is more direct, it goes right to the person, how is their health, job, etc. The question “¿Cómo te ha ido?” is less direct, it asks how situations have been going to them.¿Qué has estado haciendo? - What have you been doing? (informal)¿Qué ha estado haciendo? - What have you been doing? (formal)¿Qué han estado haciendo? - What have you been doing? (plural)¿Cómo (te) la estás pasando? - How are you doing? (informal)¿Cómo (se) la está pasando? - How are you doing? (formal)¿Cómo (se) la están pasando? - How are you doing? (plural)One of the meanings of the verb “pasar” is “to spend time”. This question could be translated as “How are you spending your time?” or “Are you having a good time?”. “Te” and “se” are optionals.Saying ‘hello!’ after a long time¡Cuánto tiempo sin verte! - Long time no see! (informal)¡Cuánto tiempo sin verlo/verla! - Long time no see! (formal)¡Cuánto tiempo sin verlos/verlas! - Long time no see! (plural)verlo = see you (to a man)verla = see you (to a woman)verlos = see you (to a group of men. OR a group of men and women)verlas = see you (to a group of women)¡Me alegro de verte! - It’s nice to see you! (informal)¡Me alegro de verlo/verla! - It’s nice to see you! (formal)¡Me alegro de verlos/verlas! - It’s nice to see you! (plural)¡Qué alegría verte! - I’m so happy to see you! (informal)¡Qué alegría verlo/verla! - I’m so happy to see you! (formal)¡Qué alegría verlos/verlas! - I’m so happy to see you! (plural)¡Qué gusto verte! - I’m glad to see you! (informal)¡Qué gusto verlo/verla! - I’m glad to see you! (formal)¡Qué gusto verlos/verlas! - I’m glad to see you! (plural)Saying ‘nice to meet you’¡Mucho gusto! - Nice to meet you! (neutral)¡Encantado/a! - I’m pleased to meet you! (neutral)You can use these expressions in informal and formal situations and with one person or many people. ¡Encantado/a de conocerte! - I’m pleased to meet you! (informal)¡Encantado/a de conocerlo/la! - I’m pleased to meet you! (formal)¡Encantado/a de conocerlos/las! - I’m pleased to meet you! (plural)You change “encantado” or “encantada” depending if you are a man or a woman. You change “conocerlo”, “conocerla”, “conocerlos”, or “conocerlas” depending on whom you are talking to. You can answer with: Igualmente - me tooI hope this was useful to you!¡Hasta luego!Despedidas (Farewells) -- source link