How to Say ‘Hi, Lucía! How's it going?’ in Spain Spanish
¡Hola, Lucía! ¿Qué tal?
OH-lah loo-THEE-ah keh tahl
[OH-lah loo-THEE-ah keh tahl]
🇪🇸 In Spain: ¿Qué tal? is a light, everyday greeting between friends and acquaintances. A quick bien, ¿y tú? "fine, and you?" is all anyone expects back.
Phrase Breakdown
¡Hola, Lucía!
OH-lah loo-THEE-ah
Hi, Lucía!
The 'h' in 'hola' is silent. Stress 'lu-CÍ-a'. In Spain the 'c' sounds like English 'th'.
¡Hola, Lucía! Cuánto tiempo.
Hi, Lucía! Long time no see.
Words in this phrase
Hola
[OH-lah]
hello
A common informal greeting used when meeting someone.
En la feria de empleo, digo Hola a una reclutadora.
At the job fair, I say hello to a recruiter.
Lucía
[loo-THEE-ah]
Lucía (name)
A very common Spanish female first name.
Lucía vive en Madrid.
Lucía lives in Madrid.
¿Qué tal?
keh tahl
How are you? / How's it going?
A casual greeting. 'Qué' sounds like 'keh'. The 'u' is silent.
¿Qué tal el trabajo?
How's work going?
Words in this phrase
Qué
[keh]
what / how
Used in exclamations to show strong feeling, like 'what a...!'
¡Qué golazo hemos visto esta noche!
What an amazing goal we saw tonight!
tal
[tahl]
how (it's going)
Used with qué to form the greeting 'how are things?'
¿Qué tal tu día?
How was your day?
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