hola, cómo estás

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Phrase — A Spanish greeting meaning hello, how are you, used with someone you address informally — a friend, a peer or a child.

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How to use hola, cómo estás

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hola, ¿cómo estás? hola amigo ¿cómo estás hoy?

Informal Spanish. Widely recognised by English speakers as a stock phrase, and often written without accents online.

Etymology

Spanish, literally 'hello, how are you'; estás is the informal second-person form of estar, to be.

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Frequently asked questions

How do you reply to hola cómo estás?

The standard reply is bien, gracias — fine, thanks — often followed by ¿y tú? to return the question. Muy bien means very well, and más o menos means so-so.

What is the difference between cómo estás and cómo está?

Estás is informal, used with friends, family and people your own age. Está is the formal usted form, used with strangers, elders and in professional settings. Using the informal form with someone who expects the formal one can sound over-familiar.

Why does cómo have an accent here?

The accent marks it as a question word meaning how. Without the accent, como means as or like, or I eat. In writing, Spanish also opens the question with an inverted mark: ¿cómo estás?

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