Basic Greetings in Spanish. Essential 1-2.
  • Anna November 2012
    Let's review some greetings we just learnt after Lessons 1 and 2 from Essential Spanish.
    In this list we are expanding our basic vocabulary adding more greetings to express the same ideas. For instance mucho gusto and encantado, stand for "nice to meet you" and "mi nombre es" and "me llamo" stand for "my name is".

    ¡Hola! Hi!
    Me llamo _______. My name is _______.
    Mi nombre es_______. My name is _______.
    ¿Cómo se llama usted? What is your name?
    Mucho gusto. Pleased to meet you.
    Encantado/encantada. Nice to meet you.
    ¿Cómo está usted? How are you?
    ¿Qué tal? How is it going?
    Bien, gracias. ¿Y usted? Fine, thanks. And you?
    ¡Hasta luego! See you later!
    Adiós. Good-bye.
    Por favor. Please.
    (Muchas) gracias. (Many) thanks. 
    (Muy) amable. (Very) kind.
    De nada. You're welcome.
    Lo siento. I'm sorry.
    ¿Me permite? May I?
    Disculpe. Excuse me. (To get someone's attention.)
    Con permiso. Excuse me. (For leaving or passing through.)
    Perdón. Excuse me. (For sneezing, arriving late, etc.)
    ¡Salud! Gesundheit! (When someone sneezes.) Cheers! (For toasting with drinks.)
    ¡Enhorabuena! Congratulations!

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