Hi there. I want to teach you a few ways that you can greet people in Spanish.

Greeting people is the first step to start a good conversation in Spanish

It takes practice to sound natural when greeting in Spanish and that's why you should practice this a lot. Once you greet somebody in a relaxed and comfortable way, there are more possibilities of carrying out a great Spanish conversation.

Begin with this 20 Phrases that will help you a lot:

1. Hola- Hi

2. Hola, ¿cómo estás?- Hi, how are you? (informal)

3. Hola, ¿cómo está? - Hi, how are you? (formal) You use the formal form to talk to people older than you, to authority figures, with people that you are just meeting, etc. Basically if you want to sound respectful you say this one.

4. Hola, cómo están? - Hi, how are you all? (informal plural)

5. Buenos días- Good morning

6. Buenas tardes- Good afternoon

7. Buenas noches- Good evening (when arriving somewhere)

8. Que tengas buenas noches- Have a good night (when leaving a place)

9. Que tengan buenas noches- Have a good night

10. ¿Qué tal?- What's up?

11. ¿Qué hay? - What's up?

12. ¿Qué está pasando?- What's going on?

13. ¿Qué pasa?- ¿What happens?

14. ¿Qué es la que hay?- What's up? Puertorrican expression

15. ¿Qué es la que?- What's up? Puertorrican expression

16. ¿Qué lo qué?- What's up? Dominican expression

17. Qué hubo?- What happened

18. ¿Cómo te va?- How 's it going?

19. ¿Cómo les va?- How's it going (plural)

20. ¿Qué hay de nuevo?- What’s new

Practice this greetings a lot and start combining them so they can sound more natural and fluent when you use them. I hope this phrases help you!