When you start learning any foreign language, including Spanish, one of the first things you learn is certainlyGreetings.
"Hello", "Good morning", "Hello", "Goodbye"are words that allow you to build initial communication in Spanish and are foolproof conversation starters.
But as you can imagine, the range of expressions you can use for both greetings and farewells is much wider.
Today I want to show you some of the most common expressions that you can use in place of "adiós".
Different ways to say goodbye in Spanish
- 🇪🇸Chaos– 🇩🇪 Bye
- 🇪🇸Good night– 🇩🇪 Good night
- 🇪🇸see you later– 🇩🇪 see you later
- 🇪🇸until Monday– 🇩🇪 Until Monday
- 🇪🇸see you soon– 🇩🇪 see you soon
- 🇪🇸Up soon– 🇩🇪 as long as!
- 🇪🇸until next time– 🇩🇪 until next time!
- 🇪🇸i never see you– 🇩🇪 Goodbye forever
- 🇪🇸take care– 🇩🇪 take care
- 🇪🇸see you in the morning– 🇩🇪 see you in the morning
- 🇪🇸Up soon– 🇩🇪 I'll see you when I come back
- 🇪🇸I have to go– 🇩🇪 I have to go/go
- 🇪🇸I'm leaving now– 🇩🇪 Here we go
- 🇪🇸it's time to leave– 🇩🇪 it's time to leave
That's a big choice, isn't it?
And when you consider that goodbyes rarely happen on their own, but are often accompanied by small pleasantries, the possibilities for what to say when leaving a place multiply.
What are these little polite phrases? Here's a bunch of them:
Pleasant in Spanish to say goodbye
Before reading further it would be great to look at the different levels of formality for the pronouns TÚ, USTED, VOSOTROS and USTEDES.
If you are a native English speaker, it might be rightdifficult for you to distinguish between them, since they are all translated as DU.
However, Spanish requires you to change the pronoun depending on how formal the context is. Also, each pronoun goes with a different verb form.
The following examples are to be used in an informal context and are based on the pronoun TÚ.
- 🇪🇸you care– 🇩🇪 Take care
- 🇪🇸take the rest– 🇩🇪 Take a break
- 🇪🇸Thank you for everything– 🇩🇪 Thank you for everything
- 🇪🇸thank you for coming– 🇩🇪 thanks for looking
- 🇪🇸Bon Voyage– 🇩🇪 Bon Voyage
- 🇪🇸have a good weekend– 🇩🇪 have a good weekend
- 🇪🇸have a good day– 🇩🇪 have a good day
- 🇪🇸drive carefully -🇬🇧 Drive safely
- 🇪🇸Nice holidays– 🇩🇪 Nice holidays
- 🇪🇸good luck with your exam– 🇩🇪 good luck with your exam
- 🇪🇸I'll miss you– 🇩🇪 I'll miss you
- 🇪🇸We will miss you very much– 🇩🇪 we will miss you so much
- 🇪🇸have a good time– 🇩🇪 enjoy / have a good time!
- 🇪🇸I will wait for you– 🇩🇪 I will wait for you
- 🇪🇸I was late– 🇩🇪 it's already late
- 🇪🇸greetings to your mother🇩🇪 Say hello to your mother!
- 🇪🇸give my best to your wife– 🇩🇪 Say hello to your wife for me
- 🇪🇸let me take you out– 🇩🇪 let me walk you to the exit
- 🇪🇸take someone with you (e.g. to the airport)– 🇩🇪 to say goodbye (e.g. to the airport)
- 🇪🇸come back / come back soon– 🇩🇪 come back soon
See? No matter the situation, you will always find an appropriate way to say goodbye in Spanish 😉
And here are some ideas on how to mix and match these phrases:
🇪🇸
A: I have to go now. Good night!
B: Bye, Pedro, see you tonight!
🇩🇪
A: I'm going! Good night!
B: Bye, Pedro, see you tonight!
🇪🇸
A: Tomorrow I'm going on vacation! Up soon.
B: Have fun! Take care!
🇩🇪
A: I'm going on vacation tomorrow. I'll see you when I come back.
B: Have fun! Take care!
🇪🇸
A: That's all for today. I'll see you tomorrow at the usual time.
B: Thanks teacher! Take care!
🇩🇪
A: That's all for today. See you tomorrow same time.
B: Thank you, Professor! Take care!
🇪🇸
A: Bye, grandma. The lunch was very rich. Thank you for everything!
B: You're welcome Mijito, thanks for coming. I'll wait for you next Saturday.
🇩🇪
A: Bye, Grandma! Lunch was delicious. Thank you for everything!
B: You're welcome honey, thanks for stopping by. I'll wait for you next Saturday.
🇪🇸
A: My taxi has arrived. Thanks again. I hope to come back soon.
B: Bon voyage, Juan! We will miss you. Greetings to your family!
🇩🇪
A: My taxi has arrived. Thanks again. I hope to be back soon.
B: Bon voyage, Juan! We will miss you. Greetings to your family!
🇪🇸
A: Bye Mom, I'll be back in five days!
B: Shouldn't I accompany you to the train station?
🇩🇪
A: Bye Mom, I'll be back in five days.
B: Shouldn't I say goodbye to you at the train station?
🇪🇸
A: It's time to go. Watch after.
B: Bye Carlos, come back soon.
🇩🇪
A: It's time for me to go. Watch after.
B: Bye Carlos, come back soon.
When you don't want to say goodbye - Useful phrases in Spanish
Goodbyes are sometimes difficult.
Maybe we're having too good a time.
Or we don't see that person too often.
Or it's just polite to insist they stay.
How do you do this in Spanish? How can you delay saying goodbye?
🇪🇸 Test your Spanish skills 🇪🇸
- 🇪🇸stay a while / stay a while– 🇩🇪 stay (a little) longer
- 🇪🇸do not go yet– 🇩🇪 don't go away yet
- 🇪🇸don't go so fast– 🇩🇪 don't go so fast
- 🇪🇸do you have to go now?– 🇩🇪 do you have to go already
- 🇪🇸five more minutes please– 🇩🇪 Five more minutes, please
- 🇪🇸but you haven't even eaten yet– 🇩🇪but you haven't even eaten yet
- 🇪🇸but if you just arrived– 🇩🇪 but you've barely arrived
- 🇪🇸but if it's still early– 🇩🇪 but it's still early
- 🇪🇸but when we have such a good time– 🇩🇪but we have such a good time
- 🇪🇸What if you take the next bus?– 🇩🇪and if you take the next bus?
- 🇪🇸what a shame– 🇩🇪what a shame
It's easy, isn't it?
Now let's try to build short conversations:
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A: Guys, I'm going to leave you. I have to get up early tomorrow.
B: Stay a little longer! I'll take you home later.
🇩🇪
A: Guys, I have to go now. I have to get up early tomorrow.
B: Stay a little longer! I'll drive you home then.
🇪🇸
A: Bye dear. My train leaves in half an hour.
B: Don't go yet. let me make you a sandwich
🇩🇪
A: Bye, darling. My train leaves in half an hour.
B: Don't go yet. let me make you a sandwich
🇪🇸
A: Dad, it's getting late. You have to go to bed and they are waiting for me at home.
B: Do you have to go now? You hardly come to visit me...
🇩🇪
A: Dad, it's getting late. You have to go to bed and they are waiting for me at home.
B: Do you have to go already? You almost never visit me anymore...
🇪🇸
A: I'm sorry aunt, but I have to go.
B: seriously? But if you haven't even eaten. Are you sure you can't stay longer?
🇩🇪
A: I'm sorry, aunty, but I have to go.
B: Really? But you haven't even eaten yet. Are you sure you can't stay longer?
🇪🇸
A: Guys, the party is over. Thank you for coming! My parents are comming.
B: But we have such a good time. One more song and we're gone, okay?
🇩🇪
A: Guys, the party is over. Thank you for coming. My people will be home soon.
B: But we're having such a good time! One more song and we'll go, okay?
As a mother of two fun-loving teenagers, I know for sure that it takes a lot more than just one song to get this party over 😉
How to formally say goodbye in Spanish
All of the phrases and examples we've seen so far are based on an informal context: relatives, friends, work colleagues, etc.
How about a more formal farewell? Would you know how to deal with them in Spanish?
Let's say a customer pays you an annual visit and he/she is about to leave:
- 🇪🇸I walk him to the door– 🇩🇪 Let me walk you to the door
- 🇪🇸It was a pleasure to meet you– 🇩🇪 It was a pleasure to meet you
- 🇪🇸Thank you very much for visiting -🇩🇪 Thanks for coming
- 🇪🇸I asked for a taxi to the airport– 🇩🇪 I ordered you a taxi to the airport.
- 🇪🇸Do you need a taxi?– 🇩🇪 It was a pleasure to meet you
- 🇪🇸I appreciate your time –🇩🇪 Thanks for your time
- 🇪🇸We keep in touch -🇩🇪 We keep in touch.
- 🇪🇸I hope you enjoyed your visit –🇩🇪 I hope you enjoyed your visit.
Let's improvise a few mini-conversations as you say goodbye to this customer:
🇪🇸
A: Thank you for visiting, Mr. Gonzalez. Do you want me to walk you to the elevator?
B: Don't worry, I know the way.
🇩🇪
A: Thank you for visiting, Mr. Gonzalez. Do you want me to take you to the elevator?
B: Don't worry, I know the way.
🇪🇸
A: It was a pleasure to meet you, Mrs. Perez. We keep in touch.
B: The pleasure was mine, Mr. Castillo. Yes, anyway.
🇩🇪
A: It was a pleasure to meet you, Ms. Pérez. We keep in touch.
B: The pleasure was mine, Mr. Castillo. And yes, definitely.
🇪🇸
A: See you next year, sir. As requested, I got him a taxi to the airport.
B: Thank you, George. Fire me from your boss, okay?
🇩🇪
A: See you next year sir. As you requested, I got you a taxi to the airport
B: Thank you, George. Tell your boss I said goodbye, okay?
Not bad. Not that bad. 🙂
By the way, if Spanish is spoken at your place of work, you might want to take a look at the compilation ofuseful business vocabulary?