Useful Greeting and Cognates in Spanish
Formal and Informal Situations
A formal situation is when you are speaking with a person with whom you have a formal relationship. This includes teachers, older relatives, bosses, co-workers, and older adults.
An informal situation is used when you know the person well. This includes friends, classmates, and family members.
Useful Greetings in Spanish
Señor - Mr./Sir
Señora - Mrs., ma'am
Señorita - Miss
Hola - hello
Adiós - goodbye
Buenos días - good morning
Buenas tardes - good afternoon
Buenas noches - good night
Hasta luego. - Until later.
Hasta mañana. - Until tomorrow.
Bien - good
Muy bien - very good
Regular - regular
Malo - bad
Muy malo - very bad
Por favor - please
Gracias - thanks
Muchas Gracias - thank you very much
Perdón - pardon me
This expression is usually used to get someone's attention or to ask forgiveness.
Con permiso - excuse me
This phrase is usually used to ask permission to pass through a crowd of people.
Useful phrases in the Informal
¿Qué tal? - How is it going?
¿Cómo estás? - How are you?
¿y tú? - and you?
¿ Cómo te llamas? - What is your name?
Me llamo _________. - My name is _________.
¿De dónde eres? - Where are you from?
Yo soy de _________. - I am from _____________.
Useful phrases in the Formal
¿Cómo está? - How are you?
¿y usted? - and you?
¿ Cómo se llama usted? - What is your name?
Me llamo ___________. - My name is __________.
¿De dónde es usted? - Where are you from?
Yo soy de _________. - I am from _____________.
Spanish cognates
This is a list of some of the most common Spanish cognates. These words are alike in Spanish and English in meaning and spelling. Learning the following words will help you expand your vocabulary and will help you speak Spanish more fluently.
Spanish-English.
Arrogante - arrogant
Banco - bank
Bar - bar
Café - coffee
Cruel - cruel
Diccionario - dictionary
Elegante - elegant
Emocional - emotional
Estudiante - student
Examen - exam
Extrovertido - extrovert
Flexible - flexible
Hotel - hotel
Idealista - idealistic
Impaciente - impatient
Importante - important
Independente - independent
Interesante - interesting
Introvertido - introvert
Liberal - liberal
Materialista - materialistic
Oficina - office
Optimista - optimist
Parque - park
Pesimista - pessimist
Realista - realistic
Responsible - responsible
Romántica - romantic
Sentimental - sentimental
Teléfono - telephone
Television - television
Terrible - terrible
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Post a CommentAnother fantastic installment. Thank you!
Printed Out for my Spanish Lessons Collection, Katie. Thanks!
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