What does hello in Spanish mean?

What is the meaning of the word hello in Spanish? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use hello in Spanish.

The word hello in Spanish means hola, saludos, hola, ¡anda!, hola, hey, prima de contratación, ¡Tanto tiempo!, saludar. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word hello

hola

interjection (greeting)

(interjección: Interjección o exclamación, propia o impropia, de una sola palabra ("uy", "uf", "bravo", "viva").)
Hello. How are you?
¡Hola! ¿Cómo estás?

saludos

noun (informal (spoken greeting)

(nombre masculino plural: Sustantivo masculino que se usa únicamente en plural, con los artículos los o unos. Ejemplos: los maritates, unos víveres.)
Give Gina a hello from me when you see her! I'll come back and talk to you when I finish my hellos.
Dale a Gina mis saludos cuando la veas.

hola

interjection (phone greeting)

(interjección: Interjección o exclamación, propia o impropia, de una sola palabra ("uy", "uf", "bravo", "viva").)
Emma swiped her phone to answer the call and said, "Hello?"
Emma deslizó el dedo por el teléfono para atender la llamada y dijo "¿Hola?".

¡anda!

interjection (expressing surprise) (coloquial)

(interjección: Interjección o exclamación, propia o impropia, de una sola palabra ("uy", "uf", "bravo", "viva").)
Hello! I didn't even see that car there.
¡Anda! No ví que ese carro estaba ahí.

hola

interjection (UK (expressing interest) (coloquial)

(interjección: Interjección o exclamación, propia o impropia, de una sola palabra ("uy", "uf", "bravo", "viva").)
Hello! Are you from this area?
¡Hola! ¿Eres de esta zona?

hey

interjection (informal (expressing sarcasm or annoyance) (voz inglesa, coloquial, sarcasmo)

(interjección: Interjección o exclamación, propia o impropia, de una sola palabra ("uy", "uf", "bravo", "viva").)
And I was like, hello! Are you serious?
Y yo le respondí en plan "¡hey! ¿estás hablando en serio?".

prima de contratación

noun (benefits for new employee)

¡Tanto tiempo!

interjection (informal, humorous (greeting)

(locución interjectiva: Unidad léxica estable formada de dos o más palabras que funciona como interjección ("hasta mañana", "a que no").)

saludar

verbal expression (greet [sb])

(verbo transitivo: Verbo que requiere de un objeto directo ("di la verdad", "encontré una moneda").)
I say hello to my neighbors every time I see them.
Digo hola a mis vecinos cada vez que los veo.

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Spanish (español), also known as Castilla, is a language of the Iberian-Romance group of the Romance languages, and the 4th most common language in the world according to Some sources, while others list it as a 2nd or 3rd most common language. It is the mother tongue of about 352 million people, and is spoken by 417 million people when adding its speakers as a language. sub (estimated in 1999). Spanish and Portuguese have very similar grammar and vocabulary; The number of similar vocabulary of these two languages is up to 89%. Spanish is the primary language of 20 countries around the world. It is estimated that the total number of speakers of Spanish is between 470 and 500 million, making it the second most widely spoken language in the world by number of native speakers.