{"id":18686,"date":"2022-05-13T00:37:05","date_gmt":"2022-05-13T00:37:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/?p=18686"},"modified":"2023-04-13T22:25:47","modified_gmt":"2023-04-13T22:25:47","slug":"how-was-your-day-in-spanish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/how-was-your-day-in-spanish\/","title":{"rendered":"20 Ways to Say &#8220;How was your day&#8221; in Spanish"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>img#mv-trellis-img-1::before{padding-top:150%; }img#mv-trellis-img-1{display:block;}<\/style><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The phrase &lsquo;How was your day?&rsquo; is fantastically versatile. You can use it with acquaintances as an ice breaker, with friends to express an interest and with romantic partners to show you care.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So, if you want to know how to check in with your Spanish speaking friends, without repeating the same sentences over and over, keep reading.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> In this post, we are going to learn twenty different ways to ask someone how their day is going.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>How to say &lsquo;How&rsquo;s your day?&rsquo; in Spanish<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li><b><\/b><b>&iquest;C&oacute;mo estuvo tu d&iacute;a?<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b><\/b><b>&iquest;C&oacute;mo estuvo su d&iacute;a?<\/b><b><\/b><\/li>\n<li><b><\/b><b>&iquest;C&oacute;mo andas?<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b><\/b><b>&iquest;Qu&eacute; me cuentas?<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b><\/b><b>&iquest;Qu&eacute; tal tu d&iacute;a?<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b><\/b><b>&iquest;Qu&eacute; tal el d&iacute;a?<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b><\/b><b>&iquest;Como te va? <\/b><\/li>\n<li><b><\/b><b>&iquest;C&oacute;mo te fue hoy?&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; <\/b><\/li>\n<li><b><\/b><b>&iquest;C&oacute;mo le fue hoy?&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; <\/b><\/li>\n<li><b><\/b><b>&iquest;Qu&eacute; tal te va el d&iacute;a por ahora?<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b><\/b><b>&iquest;C&oacute;mo te ha ido el d&iacute;a hasta ahora?<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b><\/b><b>&iquest;<a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/how-to-respond-to-como-estas\/\" title=\"C&oacute;mo est&aacute;s\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\">C&oacute;mo est&aacute;s<\/a> hoy?<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b><\/b><b>&iquest;C&oacute;mo va todo hoy?&nbsp; <\/b><\/li>\n<li><b><\/b><b>&iquest;Com&oacute; fue la ultima semana?<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b><\/b><b>&iquest;C&oacute;mo te encuentras hoy?&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; <\/b><\/li>\n<li><b><\/b><b>&iquest;C&oacute;mo has estado?<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b><\/b><b>&iquest;C&oacute;mo va todo?<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b><\/b><b>&iquest;C&oacute;mo van las cosas?<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>&iquest;Qu&eacute; pasa?&rsquo;<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>&iquest;Qu&eacute; tal?<br>\n<\/b><b>&nbsp;<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Let&rsquo;s have a look at each one in closer detail.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>&nbsp;<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><strong>1. &iquest;C&oacute;mo estuvo tu d&iacute;a?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When talking to someone informally (someone you know well, or is the same age and social standing as you) &iquest;c&oacute;mo estuvo tu d&iacute;a? Is the most common way to ask someone how their day is going.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The verb estuvo is the preterit version of the verb &lsquo;estar&rsquo; in the third person singular. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So it literally means &lsquo;was.&rsquo; In this case, the Spanish sentence structure mirrors the English structure exactly:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&iquest;C&oacute;mo = how<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">estuvo = was<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">tu = your<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">d&iacute;a? = day? &nbsp; &nbsp; <\/span><\/p>\n<p>Example:<\/p>\n<div class=\"content-box-grey\">\n<p><strong>Maria : Santiago, &iquest;C&oacute;mo estuvo tu d&iacute;a?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Santiago : Estuvo muy bien !&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Maria: Santiago, how was your day?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Santiago: It was great !<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>2. &iquest;C&oacute;mo estuvo su d&iacute;a?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&iquest;C&oacute;mo estuvo su d&iacute;a? is exactly the same construction as &iquest;C&oacute;mo estuvo tu d&iacute;a? but it uses the formal &lsquo;su&rsquo; rather than the informal &lsquo;tu&rsquo; to mean &lsquo;you.&rsquo; <\/span><\/p>\n<p>This means that we use it in formal contexts, when talking to elders and people of higher social standing. If you attend in-person Spanish classes, this would be the best way to ask your teacher how his\/her day is going.<\/p>\n<p>Example:<\/p>\n<div class=\"content-box-grey\">\n<p><strong>Maria : Senor Martinez, &iquest;C&oacute;mo estuvo su d&iacute;a?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Snr Martinez: &iexcl;chit&oacute;n!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Maria : Mr Martinez, how was your day?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mr Martinez: Shhh!<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><b>3. &iquest;C&oacute;mo andas?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Andar is a regular -ar verb which means &lsquo;to go&rsquo;, so it&rsquo;s the same as &lsquo;how&rsquo;s it going?&rsquo; in English. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Just like &lsquo;how&rsquo;s it going?&rsquo; it comes across as quite informal, so it&rsquo;s probably not one to use with your Spanish teacher!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Because <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">andar<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a verb, we need to conjugate it if we&rsquo;re using pronouns other than tu.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Usted &ndash; &iquest;C&oacute;mo anda?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ustedes &ndash; &iquest;C&oacute;mo andan?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Vostros &ndash; &iquest;C&oacute;mo and&aacute;is?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Example:<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"content-box-grey\">\n<p><strong>Luis : Dora, &iquest;C&oacute;mo andas?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Dora : Bien<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Luis : Dora, how&rsquo;s it going?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dora : Good<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>4. &iquest;Qu&eacute; me cuentas?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Probably the most informal phrase on our list, &iquest;Qu&eacute; me cuentas? Means &lsquo;What are you telling me?&rsquo; and is equivalent to the English &lsquo;What&rsquo;s up?&rsquo;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Because of the informality, you don&rsquo;t give a literal answer to this one. You&rsquo;re better off replying with &lsquo;lo normal&rsquo; (the usual) or &lsquo;nada&rsquo; (nothing).<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Example:<\/p>\n<div class=\"content-box-grey\">\n<p><strong>Marco : Miguel, &iquest;Qu&eacute; me cuentas?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Miguel : Nada.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Marco : Miguel, what&rsquo;s up?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Miguel : Nothing.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>5. &iquest;Qu&eacute; tal tu d&iacute;a?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As we saw above<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&iquest;qu&eacute; tal? means &lsquo;how are you?&rsquo; So we can add &lsquo;tu d&iacute;a&rsquo; to the end of the phrase to create &iquest;qu&eacute; tal tu d&iacute;a? <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is rather an informal phrase, so again you&rsquo;d use it more with one person you know very well.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Example:<\/p>\n<div class=\"content-box-grey\">\n<p><strong>Jorge : Miguel, &iquest;Qu&eacute; tal tu d&iacute;a?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Miguel : Muy bien, gracias. &nbsp;<\/strong> &nbsp; <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jorge : Miguel, how&rsquo;s your day?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Miguel : Great, thank you.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2>&nbsp;<\/h2>\n<h2><strong>6. &iquest;Qu&eacute; tal el d&iacute;a?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A variation on &iquest;Qu&eacute; tal tu d&iacute;a ? above, but we are replacing &lsquo;tu&rsquo; (your) with &lsquo;el&rsquo; (the). So it seems a little bit less specific.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Example:<\/p>\n<div class=\"content-box-grey\">\n<p><strong>Jorge : Miguel, &iquest;Qu&eacute; tal el d&iacute;a?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Miguel : Bien, gracias.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Jorge : Miguel, how&rsquo;s the day going?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Miguel : It&rsquo;s going well, thank you .<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>7. &iquest;Como te va? <\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&iquest;Como te va? Is variant of &iquest;Qu&eacute; tal? and should also be used in an informal setting.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Because we&rsquo;re using the informal &lsquo;te&rsquo; here, we need to use it in informal contexts. You can replace &lsquo;te&rsquo; with &lsquo;le&rsquo; if you want to be more polite.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Example:<\/p>\n<div class=\"content-box-grey\">\n<p><strong>Martina : &iquest;Como te va?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Raul : Mi esposa me dej&oacute;!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Martina : How&rsquo;s your day going?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Raul : My wife left me!<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>8. &iquest;C&oacute;mo te fue hoy?&nbsp; &nbsp;<\/strong> &nbsp; <\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It might be that your friend has just sat an exam. Or perhaps they started a new job. Or when out on a date.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>In that case, you might want to specify that you want to know how <b>today <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">has gone, rather than a generic &lsquo;the day.&rsquo;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> In this case, we&rsquo;re going to use the adverb &lsquo;hoy&rsquo; (today) to make your phrase more specific. &iquest;C&oacute;mo te fue hoy? &ndash; How did it go today?<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Example:<\/p>\n<div class=\"content-box-grey\">\n<p><strong>Martina : &iquest;C&oacute;mo te fue hoy?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Laura : Tuve un buen dia.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Martina : How did it go today?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Laura : My day was good.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>9. &iquest;C&oacute;mo le fue hoy?&nbsp; &nbsp;<\/strong> &nbsp; <\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Perhaps you&rsquo;re the boss of the new employee and you want to find out how the day went. In which case (to ensure you&rsquo;re being polite) you&rsquo;re going to use &lsquo;le&rsquo; rather than &lsquo;te&rsquo;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For more information on using &lsquo;le&rsquo; you can check out our article<\/span><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/when-to-use-le-in-spanish\/\"> When To Use &lsquo;Le&rsquo; In Spanish &ndash; Grammar Guide<\/a><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you&rsquo;d like to learn more about politeness in Spanish culture, the Cultural Atlas team have written an informative guide<\/span><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/culturalatlas.sbs.com.au\/spanish-culture\/spanish-culture-etiquette\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Spanish Culture &ndash; Basic Etiquette<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Example:<\/p>\n<div class=\"content-box-grey\">\n<p><strong>Trini : Se&ntilde;or, &iquest;C&oacute;mo le fue hoy?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Sr Gomez : Puel, bien.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Trini : Sir, how did it go today?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mr Gomez: Actually, it went well.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><b>10. and 11. &iquest;Qu&eacute; tal te va el d&iacute;a por ahora? and &iquest;C&oacute;mo te ha ido el d&iacute;a hasta ahora?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If, at lunchtime, you sit down with your new colleague and want to get the lowdown on how their morning has been, you can ask &lsquo;&iquest;Qu&eacute; tal te va el d&iacute;a por ahora?&rsquo; or &lsquo;&iquest;C&oacute;mo te ha ido el d&iacute;a hasta ahora?&rsquo;. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Both mean &lsquo;how is your day going?&rsquo; or &lsquo;how has your day been so far?&rsquo; with the implication that there is still more of the day to go.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Example:<\/p>\n<div class=\"content-box-grey\">\n<p><strong>Raul : C&oacute;mo te ha ido el d&iacute;a hasta ahora?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Pepito : &iexcl;Mi examen fue f&aacute;cil!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Raul : How&rsquo;s your day been so far?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pepito : My exam was easy!<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>12. and 13. &iquest;C&oacute;mo est&aacute;s hoy? and &iquest;C&oacute;mo va todo hoy?&nbsp; &nbsp; <\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Or perhaps your lunch date is a friend, and you want to be a bit more informal when asking how their day has been so far. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In this case, rather than asking &lsquo;&iquest;Qu&eacute; tal te va el d&iacute;a por ahora?&rsquo; or &lsquo;&iquest;C&oacute;mo te ha ido el d&iacute;a hasta ahora?&rsquo; you can use &lsquo;&iquest;C&oacute;mo est&aacute;s hoy?&rsquo; and &lsquo;&iquest;C&oacute;mo va todo hoy?&rsquo;&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Example:<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"content-box-grey\">\n<p><strong>Miguel : Luis, &iquest;C&oacute;mo est&aacute;s hoy?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Luis : Mi dia estuvo bien.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Miguel : Luis, how&rsquo;s your day going?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Luis : My day went well<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2>&nbsp;<\/h2>\n<h2><strong>14. &iquest;C&oacute;mo fue la &uacute;ltima semana?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you haven&rsquo;t seen someone in a few days, you can ask &lsquo;&iquest;Com&oacute; fue la ultima semana?&rsquo; which means &lsquo;how was your week?&rsquo; This is a good phrase to use if a colleague has been on holiday and you want to check in with them, or if you&rsquo;ve been away and want to see how someone is.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Example:<\/p>\n<div class=\"content-box-grey\">\n<p><strong>Laura : Ah, Miguel, &iquest;C&oacute;mo fue la &uacute;ltima semana?&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Miguel : Barcelona es muy bonita.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Laura : Ah, Miguel, how was your week?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Miguel : Barcelona is very pretty.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-18728\" src=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/How-was-your-day-in-Spanish.jpg\" alt=\"How was your day in Spanish\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/How-was-your-day-in-Spanish.jpg 924w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/How-was-your-day-in-Spanish-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/How-was-your-day-in-Spanish-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/How-was-your-day-in-Spanish-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/How-was-your-day-in-Spanish-735x1103.jpg 735w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/How-was-your-day-in-Spanish.jpg\"><\/noscript><img loading=\"eager\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-18728 eager-load\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%201000%201500'%3E%3Crect%20width='1000'%20height='1500'%20style='fill:%23e3e3e3'\/%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" alt=\"How was your day in Spanish\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1500\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/How-was-your-day-in-Spanish.jpg\" id=\"mv-trellis-img-1\" data-src=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/How-was-your-day-in-Spanish.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/How-was-your-day-in-Spanish.jpg 924w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/How-was-your-day-in-Spanish-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/How-was-your-day-in-Spanish-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/How-was-your-day-in-Spanish-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/How-was-your-day-in-Spanish-735x1103.jpg 735w\" data-svg=\"1\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>15. &iquest;C&oacute;mo te encuentras hoy?&nbsp; &nbsp;<\/strong> &nbsp; <\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, if the reason you haven&rsquo;t seen someone for a week or two is because they&rsquo;ve been sick, you might want to ask &lsquo;&iquest;C&oacute;mo te encuentras hoy?&rsquo; <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The verb &lsquo;encontrar&rsquo; means &lsquo;to find&rsquo; so you&rsquo;re literally asking someone &lsquo;how do you find yourself today?&rsquo; but it is understood as implying that someone has been ill and you want to check on their current status.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Example:<\/p>\n<div class=\"content-box-grey\">\n<p><strong>Miguel : Y tu, &iquest;C&oacute;mo te encuentras hoy?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Laura : No me siento bien.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Miguel : And you? How are you keeping?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Laura : I don&rsquo;t feel well.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>16. &iquest;C&oacute;mo has estado?&nbsp; &nbsp; <\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Perhaps it hasn&rsquo;t quite been a week. Maybe you did a city break in Lima for four days. Or maybe it was slightly longer than a week since you were last at work. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In which case, you can use &iquest;C&oacute;mo has estado? This phrase is generally heard in South American Spanish.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If it helps you remember, &lsquo;estado&rsquo; means &lsquo;state&rsquo; (as in &lsquo;Estados Unidos&rsquo; which means &lsquo;United States&rsquo;) so think of asking what state someone is in, because it&rsquo;s been a while since you&rsquo;ve seen them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Example:<\/p>\n<div class=\"content-box-grey\">\n<p><strong>Laura : Miguel, &iquest;Com&oacute; has estado?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Miguel : Muy bien.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Laura : Miguel, how have you been?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Miguel : Great.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>17. &iquest;C&oacute;mo va todo?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you&rsquo;re interested in more than just someone&rsquo;s day and want to know how their whole life is going, you can ask &lsquo;&iquest;c&oacute;mo va todo?<\/span><b>&rsquo;<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> which means &lsquo;how&rsquo;s everything going?&rsquo; and is equivalent to the English &lsquo;how are things?&rsquo; <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is also an easy one to reply to because you can say &lsquo;todo va&rsquo; with an appropriate adjective to sum up your day.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Example:<\/p>\n<div class=\"content-box-grey\">\n<p><strong>Isabella : Hola, Manuela. &iquest;C&oacute;mo va todo?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Manuela : Todo va fantastico !<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Isabella : Hi Manuela. How are things?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Manuela : Everything&rsquo;s fantastic!<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>18. &iquest;C&oacute;mo van las cosas?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&lsquo;Las cosas&rsquo; are &lsquo;things&rsquo; and so &lsquo;&iquest;C&oacute;mo van las cosas?&rsquo; is a more literal &lsquo;how are things?&rsquo;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Just like in English, you can reply with a single adjective answer (bien, mal) or you can reply with a whole phrase.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Example:<\/p>\n<div class=\"content-box-grey\">\n<p><strong>Isabella : Hola, Manuela. &iquest;C&oacute;mo va todo?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Manuela : Las cosas van mal!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Isabella : Hi Manuela. How are things?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Manuela : Things are going poorly!&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>19. &iquest;Qu&eacute; pasa?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is used quite frequently by Spanish speakers in the USA when they code-switch (switch between speaking English and Spanish) and so can be heard in American English as well as Spanish. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It means &lsquo;what&rsquo;s happening&rsquo; and is just as colloquial as its English equivalent.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is another phrase where short answers are appropriate, rather than a whole phrase.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Example:<\/p>\n<div class=\"content-box-grey\">\n<p><strong>Marco : Miguel, &iquest;Qu&eacute; pasa?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Miguel : Lo normal.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Marco : Miguel, what&rsquo;s happening?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Miguel : The usual.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>20. &iquest;Qu&eacute; tal?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&iquest;Qu&eacute; tal? is a very useful phrase meaning &lsquo;how&rsquo;s it going?&rsquo; or &lsquo;how are you?&rsquo; <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It&rsquo;s a great way to greet someone and is a nice way to show that you care.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Example:<\/p>\n<div class=\"content-box-grey\">\n<p><strong>Dora : Hola Luis, &iquest;Qu&eacute; tal?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Luis : Regular.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dora : Hi Luis, how&rsquo;s your day going?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Luis : Fine.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Conclusion<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So there we have it. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/web-stories\/how-to-say-how-was-your-day-in-spanish\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twenty different ways of asking about someone&rsquo;s day in Spanish<\/a><\/strong>, in varying degrees of formality. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Using any of these phrases will help you quickly make friends (or acquaintances!) and will help you get to know the people around you better. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Be careful with the degree of formality you use, because it&rsquo;s important to be polite, but don&rsquo;t worry about using the wrong phrase. Your friends will be over-the-moon with any of the phrases you try!<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The phrase &lsquo;How was your day?&rsquo; is fantastically versatile. You can use it with acquaintances as an ice breaker, with friends to express an interest and with romantic partners to show you care. 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