How to Say ‘Good afternoon / good evening’ in Mexican Spanish
Buenas tardes
BWEH-nahs TAR-dehs
[BWEH-nahs TAR-dehs]
🇲🇽 In Mexico: In Mexico, [buenas tardes] is a very normal polite greeting in the afternoon and early evening, including at a café counter.
Phrase Breakdown
Buenas
[BWEH-nahs]
good
Used in greetings like "buenas tardes"; literally means good.
Le digo "Buenas" al barista por la tarde.
I say "Good" to the barista in the afternoon.
tardes
[TAR-dehs]
afternoon / evenings
In the greeting "buenas tardes," it refers to the afternoon or early evening.
En México decimos "tardes" en "Buenas tardes".
In Mexico we say "afternoon" in "Good afternoon."
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