| A | B |
| buenos días | good day (good morning) |
| buenas tardes | good afternoon/early evening |
| buenas noches | good night |
| ¿Qué tal? | How are you/ what's up? |
| ¿Cómo estás? | How are you? (familiar) |
| ¿Cómo está usted? | How are you? (formal/polite) |
| ¿Cómo te va? | How's it going for you? |
| ¿Qué pasa? | What's happening? |
| bien | fine/well |
| muy bien | very fine |
| mal | bad |
| muy mal | very bad |
| así así / normal | so-so |
| adiós | Goodbye |
| hasta mañana | See you tomorrow (until tomorrow) |
| hasta luego | see you later ("until later") |
| hasta la vista | see you later ("until the view") |
| Nos vemos | See you (we see each other) |
| Chao | Goodbye (from Italian "ciao") |
| ¿Cómo te llamas? | What's your name? (what do you call yourself?) |
| ¿Cómo se llama Ud.? | What's your name? (Formal) |
| mucho gusto | pleased to meet you (much pleasure) |
| encantado | delighted/enchanted |
| por favor | please |
| gracias | thank you |
| de nada | you're welcome ("of nothing") |
| Lo siento | I'm sorry (really, really sorry) |
| perdón | excuse me (apologize for a small offense) |
| disculpa | escuse me (apologize for a small offense) |
| hasta entonces | see you then (until then) |
| ¿Y tú? | And you? (familiar) |
| ¿Y usted (Ud.) ? | And you? (formal) |
| igualmente | equally (nice to meet you too) |