Greetings and Farewells Saludos y Despedidas Greetings and Farewells
Saludos (Greetings) Hello Hi What’s Up s’up Wad up Good Morning Good Afternoon Good Evening What’s going on? Hola ¿Qué tal? Cu ¿Qué Honda? Buenos Días Buenas Tardes Buenas Noches ¿Qué pasa?
Despedidas (Farewells) Good-bye Bye See you later Later See ya Peace Good Night Leave with good fortune Go with God Adiós Chao Hasta luego Luego Hasta Paz *Buenas Noches* Que te vaya bien Vaya con Dios
Despedidas Continuado See You See you later See you tomorrow See you soon Bye Nos Vemos Hasta la vista Hasta mañana Hasta pronto Ándele
Non-verbal gestures Besitos Translated means “little kisses” Go to the right cheek first Woman to woman Man to woman Boy to girl Girl to girl Never, boy to boy or man to man
Besitos (Cont.) The following countries greet using besitos España (both cheeks) México Argentina Chile Colombia El Salvador Paraguay (both cheeks) Puerto Rico Venezuela (both cheeks)
Bro. Hug Instead of besitos guys will give each other hugs Quick hug
Lip point In Spanish-speaking countries it is rude to point using your fingers Use your lips to point directions or say let’s go
Limp hand wave With the arm extend and the fingers hanging wave your hand towards you to call someone over.