How to Say ‘Good afternoon.’ in Spain Spanish
Buenas tardes.
BWEH-nahs TAR-des
[BWEH-nahs TAR-des]
🇪🇸 In Spain: In Spain, [Buenas tardes] is a normal polite greeting from after lunch into the evening; people often shorten it to [Buenas].
Phrase Breakdown
Buenas
[BWEH-nahs]
good / hello
Buenas is the feminine plural form of bueno and is commonly used in greetings.
Buenas tardes, tengo una reserva a nombre de García.
Good afternoon, I have a reservation under the name García.
tardes
[TAR-des]
afternoon / evening
In this greeting, tardes refers to the afternoon or early evening.
Buenas tardes, quería preguntar por el aparcamiento.
Good afternoon, I wanted to ask about the parking.
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