Being polite will be a very important part of your speaking test. Whatever you do during the exam, what is certain is that you will have to say hello and say goodbye. So pay special attention to the phrases that we are going to study in this activity.
Cómo saludar en español
Click on the speaker to hear the audio, click again to mark the box, and match the expression you hear with its English translation.
Don’t forget to repeat each expression several times to familiarize yourself with its pronunciation!
List of greeting in Spanish
Here is the list of greetings in Spanish. These activities are part of our lesson 1.3 “Being Polite”.
| hola | hello |
| buenos días | good day / good morning |
| buenas tardes | good afternoon / good evening |
| buenas noches | good night |
| hasta luego | see you later |
| hasta el lunes | see you on Monday |
| hasta mañana | see you tomorrow |
| hasta pronto | see you soon |
| adiós | goodbye |
| ¿qué tal? | what’s up? |
| ¿cómo estás? | how are you? (informal) |
| ¿cómo está? | how are you? (formal) |
| muy bien | very well |
| bien | well |
| no muy bien | not very well |