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Spanish translation: Hola


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English term or phrase:Hello
Spanish translation:Hola
Entered by: Rowan Morrell
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English to Spanish translations [Non-PRO]
Art/Literary
English term or phrase: hello
school teacher requiring "Hello" in many different languages for welcome display board.
C J Bowen
Hola; Buenos días
Explanation:
These are the usual ways to say Hello in Spanish.
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Rowan Morrell
New Zealand
Local time: 22:59
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Summary of answers provided
5 +12Hola; Buenos díasRowan Morrell
5Hello in many languages
GoodWords


  

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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +12
Hola; Buenos días


Explanation:
These are the usual ways to say Hello in Spanish.

Rowan Morrell
New Zealand
Local time: 22:59
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in pair: 84
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Henrique Serra: definitely, Hola. forget about buenos días, which is not literal in this case (see context)
27 mins
  -> When I learnt Spanish at uni, the teacher frequently greeted us with "Buenos días". So I think that is OK, but "hola" is the most straightforward option.
agree  Egmont
28 mins
agree  Piotr Kurek
40 mins
agree  Karina Pelech: leave it at 'hola' ... saludos Rowen ... :o)
1 hr
agree  Lavinia Pirlog
1 hr
agree  Kimberli Mäkäräinen
2 hrs
agree  sirkis
2 hrs
agree  odisea: hola
2 hrs
agree  Rafa Lombardino
3 hrs
agree  Damian Cassani
4 hrs
agree  NuriaL
4 hrs
agree  Elías Sauza
5 hrs
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5 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
Hello in many languages


Explanation:
As indicated above, "hola" is the most appropriate; people also greet each other by saying ¿qué tal? - more informal - like "hi".

But I invite the teacher to take a look at the link below, where greetings and some other simple phrases are given in some 800 languages!


    Reference: http://www.elite.net/~runner/jennifers/hello.htm
GoodWords
Mexico
Local time: 03:59
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in pair: 1939
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