How to respond to que pasa?
If it is said as a greeting, for example someone entering the room and saying “Qué pasa?, it should be answered as if the person said “What's up?”. They don't really want to know what is up, they are just saying “Hi, how are you”. So, you can say “all good and you? ” = “todo bien y tú?”
If you feel alright, you say estoy bien; you could also say, estoy muy bien, to give more emphasis, which means “very good” or “very well.” You can also add one extra word, gracias, meaning “thanks”, and estoy bien, gracias; it means “I'm fine, thank you.”
When someone says "hola, qué haces" in Spanish, a polite response could be "Hola, estoy [indicating what you are doing]. ¿Y tú?" which translates to "Hello, I am [indicating what you are doing]. And you?" This response acknowledges the greeting and asks the other person about their activities. Hi!
Qué pasa is an expression in Spanish that means ''What's up?'' The phrase literally translates as ''what passes?`' or ''what's passing?'' , but remember that idioms aren't used literally. Qué pasa is a very common greeting, used as a way to say hi, how's it going?
¿Qué pasa? - [present] means “What's Happening?” as a greeting; or as part of a conversation to ask “What happens?” (as in “what happens [or passes] here/there/next etc…”)
We mostly use “¿Qué tal?” when starting casual conversation, it plays the same role that “How is it going?” or “How are you?” in English. However, we also use “¿Qué pasa?” but if we think that person is going through something, is having a hard time or there is something wrong with them.
¿Qué tal? is used in both, informal and formal situations, so you can greet an elderly person with ¿qué tal?.
Quick Answer. Mucho gusto. = Nice to meet you. / Pleased to meet you. / It's a pleasure to meet you. examples.
I wait for. PHRASE. (I await)-I wait for.
¿Qué día es hoy? To respond to this question we would use the structure: Hoy es (día de la semana).
What is que pasa?
Even if you are a beginner at Spanish, you may have already encountered the phrase ¿Qué pasa? . The verb pasar. means to happen, so this phrase literally translates as What happens?, though in English you would typically say What's up? or What's going on? to greet someone you know. ¡Ojo!
What's up, Daddy? ¿ Qué pasa, papi?( keh.
¿Qué pasa? -What's going on? ,What's up?
4 Answers. "¿Qué pasa?" is present tense same as "what is going on?" while "¿qué pasó?" is past tense and translates as "what happened?" Both are valid ways of asking another person about recent or present events on his life so they both are used as common greetings among many other ways of saying hello in Spanish.
Hola. ¿Qué pasa? Hello, what's all this about?
It's a perfectly friendly way of greeting someone, may it be a stranger or someone you know. It's the actual translation of the "how are you" greeting, and it's used so much that it can sometimes stand on its own as a greeting, without the "hola" before it (especially when you're responding to someone greeting you).
You also have to consider which part of the Spanish-speaking world you're using this greeting question in. Because, although it's not rare to hear in Latin America, it's definitely more common to hear qué tal in Spain, where it's the most common way of addressing someone, without any hint of formality at all.
"Qué pasó" is past tense. This phrase has nothing to do with gender.
Hasta mañana! ( Spanish expression): See you tomorrow! ( Spanish expression) idiom.
What does tal como mean?
Tal as an Adverbial Clause
Tal cual and tal (y) como mean “the exact way in which,” “just like,” or “just as.”
Formal Greetings in Spanish:
Mucho gusto, which literally means 'much pleasure,' is the Spanish equivalent of 'pleased to meet you,' and it's typically used in formal contexts.
Often used in Colombia and Venezuela to describe a person, thing or situation considered good, interesting or enjoyable.
Tener que + infinitive is an important Spanish phrase that means 'to have to do' something in English. In the present tense, this phrase is conjugated as follows: Yo tengo que (I have to) Tú tienes que (You have to)
¡vamos! (No machine translations here!)
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