How to Say ‘Have a nice day’ in Mexican Spanish
Que tenga un buen día
keh TEHN-gah oon bwen DEE-ah
[keh TEHN-gah oon bwen DEE-ah]
🇲🇽 In Mexico: Shop staff and service workers say this often as you leave. A simple igualmente makes a friendly reply.
Phrase Breakdown
Que tenga
keh TEHN-gah
May you have
'Que' sounds like 'keh' (the 'u' is silent). 'Tenga' is the formal subjunctive form for wishes: TEN-gah.
Que tenga buen viaje.
Have a good trip.
Words in this phrase
Que
[keh]
may / hope that
Used to express a polite wish, as in que tengan...
Que tengan una excelente cena esta noche.
I hope you have an excellent dinner tonight.
tenga
[TEHN-gah]
have
Used to express possession or existence.
Espero que tenga un buen viaje.
I hope you have a good trip.
un buen día
oon bwen DEE-ah
a good day
Say 'buen' as one syllable: bwen. 'Día' has two syllables, DEE-ah, with the stress on DEE.
Hoy es un buen día.
Today is a good day.
Words in this phrase
un
[oon]
a
Part of un poco, a set phrase meaning a little.
Con gusto te cuento Un poco de nuestra historia.
Gladly, I’ll tell you a little about our history.
buen
[bwen]
good
Short form of “bueno” used before a masculine singular noun.
«Buen» describe «equilibrio» en la expresión.
“Buen” describes “equilibrio” in the expression.
día
[DEE-ah]
day
Refers to a specific day when something happened.
Aquel "día" conocí a varias personas de tu empresa.
That day I met several people from your company.
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