Spanish Greetings and Goodbyes
Some of the most important words to learn in any language are your basic greetings like hello and goodbye. After all, this is generally the first and last thing you say to someone during a typical conversation. This page not only provides a list for common greeting words in Spanish, but also lists a number of ways to say goodbye in Spanish.
Beyond the basic hellos and goodbyes, this page also provides a list of timely greetings like good morning, afternoon, and evening, plus an assortment of conversational introductory phrases. To learn all the translations on this page, you can simply scroll down or if you prefer to jump to a certain topic, you can also use the quick links below.
Greetings and Farewells in Spanish:
Words in bold added during the last update. You can also view this list of greetings from English to Spanish.
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Various Spanish Greetings
Timely Greetings in Spanish
Conversational Introductions in Spanish
Saying Goodbye in Spanish
Various Spanish Greetings
Saludo ➔ Greeting
Buenas ➔ Hello (Informal)
Encantado de verte. ➔ Nice to see you.
Hacía mucho que no nos veíamos! ➔ Long time no see!
Hola ➔ Hi / Hello
Qué hay (de nuevo)? ➔ What's up?
Qué pasa? ➔ How's it going?
Bienvenida ➔ Welcome (to a woman)
Bienvenidas ➔ Welcome (to a group of women)
Bienvenido ➔ Welcome (to a man)
Bienvenidos ➔ Welcome (to a group of just men, or men and women)
Bienvenido a (place). ➔ Welcome to (place).
Bienvenidos a nuestro hogar. ➔ Welcome to our home.
Timely Greetings in Spanish
Buenos dias ➔ Good morning / Good day
Buen día ➔ Good day (variation of (but not as common as) 'Buenos dias')
Buenas tardes ➔ Good afternoon
Buenas noches ➔ Good evening
Conversational Introductions in Spanish
Déjeme presentarme. ➔ Let me introduce myself.
Déjame presentarme. Mi nombre es... ➔ Let me introduce myself. My name is...
Le presento a... ➔ I'd like you to meet...
Te quiero presentar a un amigo. ➔ I want to introduce you to a friend (male).
Te quiero presentar a una amiga. ➔ I want to introduce you to a friend (female).
Encantado (m) / Encantada (f) ➔ Pleased to meet you
Encantado de conocerte. ➔ Nice to meet you.
Es un gusto conocerte. ➔ Nice to meet you.
Mucho gusto. ➔ It's nice to meet you.
Mucho gusto conocerte. ➔ Nice to meet you.
Mucho gusto en conocerle. ➔ I'm happy to meet you.
Mucho gusto en conocerte. ➔ Nice to meet you.
El gusto es mío. ➔ It's nice to meet you too.
Un placer ➔ A pleasure
Saying Goodbye in Spanish
Adiós ➔ Bye / Goodbye
Despidido ➔ Farewell
Adiós, amigo! ➔ Bye, friend!
Cuidate ➔ Take care
Cuidate mucho. ➔ Take very good care of yourself.
Que tengas un buen dia. ➔ Have a nice day.
Nos vemos! ➔ See you!
Nos vemos más tarde! ➔ See you later!
Hasta luego. ➔ See you later.
Hasta ahora. ➔ See you in a minute.
Hasta pronto. ➔ See you soon.
Hasta muy pronto. ➔ See you very soon.
Hasta mañana. ➔ See you tomorrow.
Nos vemos mañana. ➔ See you tomorrow.
Hasta la vista. ➔ Until next time.
Hasta la proximo. ➔ See you next time.
*List of Spanish greetings updated: February 20, 2025.
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