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Want to add some variety to the standard greeting of “Hola, ¿Cómo estás?” in Spanish? Here are a few phrases you can use when you see or meet someone.

¿Qué tal?, you probably already know. That’s an all-purpose question that can mean “What’s new?” “How are things?” or “What’s up?” Some other phrases in Spanish that have the same meaning are:

¿Qué tal va?

¿Cómo van las cosas?

¿Cómo andamos?

And when you bump into an old friend, you can say:

¿Tú por aquí? (What are you doing here?)

¡Cuánto tiempo sin verte! (It’s been ages since I last saw you!)

¡Anda, qué sorpresa! No esperaba encontrarte aquí. (Gosh, what a surprise! I didn’t expect to find you here!)

¿Tambíen vienes por aquí? (So you come here too?)

Te veo muy bien. (You’re looking good. You look good.)

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