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How to Say ‘Have a good weekend!’ in Spain Spanish

¡Que pases buen finde!

keh PAH-ses bwehn FEEN-deh

[keh PAH-ses bwehn FEEN-deh]

💬 Usage Tip: Starting with que turns a sentence into a wish. Same pattern: que te vaya bien "hope it goes well".

🇪🇸 In Spain: This is the standard Friday sign-off as you leave work or a shop.

Phrase Breakdown

¡Que pases

keh PAH-ses

Have (may you spend)

'Que' + subjunctive expresses a wish. 'Pases' comes from 'pasar' (to spend time). Stress 'PA-ses'.

Example

¡Que pases un buen día!

Have a nice day!

Words in this phrase

Que

[keh]

may (wish)

Introduces a wish, like 'may...'.

Example

Que tengas buen día.

Have a good day.

pases

[PAH-ses]

you spend / you have (a time)

Subjunctive form of 'pasar' (to spend time, to have a time), used after 'que' to express a wish.

Example

Espero que pases un buen fin de semana.

I hope you have a good weekend.

buen finde!

bwehn FEEN-deh

a good weekend!

'Finde' is the colloquial short form of 'fin de semana'. 'Bueno' shortens to 'buen' before a masculine noun.

Example

¿Qué tal el finde?

How was the weekend?

Words in this phrase

buen

[bwehn]

good

Short form of 'bueno' used before a masculine singular noun.

Example

Es un buen restaurante.

It's a good restaurant.

finde

[FEEN-deh]

weekend

Colloquial short form of 'fin de semana'.

Example

Este finde no trabajo.

This weekend I'm not working.

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