Is Buen Dia formal or informal?
Spanish greetings for certain moments of the day
Buenos días – literally meaning “good days”, “buenos días” is more formal than “hola” and it translates to “good morning”. The same as in English, this greeting can be used anytime before noon in both formal and informal contexts.
Que is used at the beginning, because this phrase is actually a shortened version of “I hope you have a good day,” or Espero que tengas un buen día.
In this episode of Coffee Break Spanish To Go, Marina asks the question, ¿De dónde eres? (informal) or ¿De dónde es usted? (formal). You can use the answers of our interviewees to help you learn to say where you're from in Spanish.
In Spanish, when we want to wish someone a good day, we say: "que tengas buen día" for the pronoun TÚ "que tenga buen día" for the pronoun USTED; or "que tengan buen día" for the pronoun USTEDES.
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Greetings in Spanish.
| English | Spanish – Informal | Spanish – Formal |
|---|---|---|
| Fine (thanks), and you? | Bien (gracias), ¿y tú? | Bien (gracias), ¿y usted? |
| Very well | Muy bien | |
| I'm glad for you | Me alegro |
Just note that the singular "buen día" is also used, but generally is used to say 'have a good day' (all day long), while "buenos días" is more comon as "good morning" (at least in my dialect).
In short – the best (and easiest) response to 'buenos días' is a simple 'buenos días' in return! 'Hola, buenos días', 'buen día', 'igualmente' and 'como está' are also excellent responses!
- tehng. - gah. oon. bwehn. dee. - ah.
- teŋ - ga. un. βwen. di. - a.
- ten. - ga. un. buen. dí - a.
| Language | Have a nice day |
|---|---|
| Croatian | Lijep ti dan želim! (inf) Lijep Vam dan želim! (frm) |
| Cuyonon | Mayad nga adlaw kanimo! |
| Czech | Hezký den! Pěkný den! |
| Danish | Hav en god dag Fortsat god dag (Enjoy the rest of your day) |
Formal and Informal Spanish Grammar - YouTube
What is a informal command?
To tell someone you address as tú to do something, you use an. affirmative informal command. Example: shut the door, open the refrigerator, cut the carrots. To form the affirmative informal command of regular or stem.
Lesson Summary
To review, Spanish has two ways of saying you: tú, which is informal, and usted, which is formal. We use the informal style when speaking to a friend, a family member or a child. We use the formal style when speaking to someone in a position of power or someone we are meeting for the first time.
Buenos días (BWEN-os DEE-ahs)
“Good mornings ” is a formal option to greet people in Spanish. This Spanish greeting is used with people older than you as well as strangers.
In short – the best (and easiest) response to 'buenos días' is a simple 'buenos días' in return! 'Hola, buenos días', 'buen día', 'igualmente' and 'como está' are also excellent responses!
"Buen dia" is used only in the morning (as "good morning") and "Buenos Dias" is used during the rest of the day as a general "hello."
