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🇪🇸 In Spain, people often say both [hola] and a time-of-day greeting together, like [Hola, buenas tardes]. It sounds normal rather than repetitive.

🇪🇸 In Spain, opening with both [hola] and a time-of-day greeting is very natural in service situations. It sounds friendly and normal, not overly formal.

💬 [Quería] literally means [I wanted], but in requests it often softens what you want now: [Quería reservar] = [I'd like to reserve]. You can reuse the pattern with other verbs, like [Quería preguntar] or [Quería cancelar].

💬 [Quería] literally means [I wanted], but in requests it softens the sentence and sounds polite, like [I'd like to]. The same pattern works in many service situations: [Quería cambiar una reserva], [Quería pedir información].

💬 [Encantado] changes with the speaker: a man says [encantado], a woman says [encantada]. You'll hear this with other everyday expressions too, like [de acuerdo] not changing, but [cansado/cansada] changing.