Is Como se llama usted correct?
No, the correct word in Spanish is 'How?' , which is '¿Cómo?' 'Cómo se llama usted?'
To say “my name is…” in Spanish you say me llamo… In this episode of Coffee Break Spanish To Go, Marina asks the question, ¿Cómo te llamas? (informal) or ¿Cómo se llama usted? (formal). You can use the answers of our interviewees to help you learn to introduce yourself in Spanish.
The first is formal, cómo se llama, used with strangers. The second is informal used normally with children.
This phrase means “what is your name?” The correct response when somebody asks you “como te llamas” is “me llamo [insert your name here].” Pronounced: may yamo [insert your name here].
5 Answers. "¿Cómo se llama?" literally translates "What do you call yourself?" You could also say "¿Cómo te llamas?" to be a little less formal. An English speaker might also be tempted to ask "¿Cuál es su (tu) nombre?", literally translating to "What is your name?".
Cómo te llamas is a conversational way to ask someone “What's your name?” in Spanish.
Llamarse is a reflexive verb, i.e. uses reflexive pronouns placed in front of the verb when it is conjugated, e.g. "me llamo, se llama, os llamáis...". It is as if we are saying "I call myself, she calls herself, you call yourselves..."
This phrase is very colloquial, so it is rarely appropriate to use in formal settings. Check out the examples below to see ¿Qué pasa? in action! ¡Hola! ¿Qué pasa, amigo?
¿Qué tal? is used in both, informal and formal situations, so you can greet an elderly person with ¿qué tal?
¿Cómo se dice? -> equates to "How do you say .... ?" i.e., as the other contributor wrote, when you're asking how to say something in another language. E.g./P. ej. "¿Cómo de dice 'un boli(grafo)´en inglés?." "A pen."
What should I reply to Hola?
If in passing someone says “hola!” to you, it would acceptable to reply: “como estas?” Bonito. Pronounced: bone-eat-oh. This word means “beautiful.” It could simply be used anytime you see something that you like.
How do you respond to muy bien? would be bien (fine) or even ¡muy bien! (great!). Other less positive replies could be vaya (so-so), regular (not bad), vamos tirando (getting by).
Mucho gusto means Pleased to meet you. or It is a pleasure to meet you. It does not change with gender. Echoline is right. Gusto is a masculine noun, not an adjective, so it is not conjugated for gender.
What's your name = ¿Cómo te llamas? What's your name? = ¿Cuál es tu nombre?
Y tu is informal and Y Usted id formal. In Spanish we change the way we speak when talking to someone we have respect for and are an adult rather than our friends. When talking to an adult we use formal language when talking to our friends we use informal language. They both still mean the same thing.
In practice it just means What's your name?. <¿cómo te llamas? : what's your name?> <¿Cómo se apellida Ud.? : What is your last name?> This case is more obvious, since there is no confusion between the two different flavors (transitive and pseudo-reflexive/pronominal) of the same verb.
