How to Say Good Morning in Spanish

In Spanish, “Buenos dias” means “Good morning”. Besides, there are still many ways to say good morning in this language. The article will guide you to say some common sentences.

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Basic “Good Morning” Sentences

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Greet someone with “buenos dias”. ^{[1] X Research Source} This is the standard, universal greeting taught in the textbook to say “good morning” in Spanish and you can use it in any country that speaks the language.

The original meaning of this sentence is “good day”.
Buenos is a masculine word in the plural form of the word “buen” or “bueno”, which means “good”.
Días means “day”. For this sentence, you must use the plural form of the word “día”.
Since “días” is a masculine, plural word, you must use the adjective “buenos” which is also a masculine, plural form. ^{[2] X Research Source}
Note that this expression does not change based on how close you are to the person being greeted. Since there are no verbs, you don’t need to worry about changing from formal to regular or from singular to plural.
Pronounced buenos dias is boo-eh-nohs dee-ahs .

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Use “buen dia” in some contexts. ^{[3] X Research Source} This is not a formal expression and is only used in Latin American countries, including Puerto Rico and Bpivia.

This sentence is only for friends or in casual context. Also, it is only taken in the early morning.
Pronounced buen dia is boo-ehn dee-ah .

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Simply say “¡buenas!” ^{[4] X Research Sources} . Although not an orthodox morning greeting, it is derived from the phrase “buenos kiaas”.

This phrase can be used at any time of the day, including the morning.
Pronounced buenas is boo-eh-nahs .

Hello to each specific person

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Add “señor”, “señora” or “señorita” after the greeting. ^{[5] X Research Sources} You can politely say “buenos dias” by adding the correct name of the person being greeted.

Señor means “Mr” and is used to refer to any man. Pronounced sehn-yor .
Señora means “Grandma” and is reserved for married women only. Pronounced sehn-yor-ah .
Señorita means “Miss” and is reserved for unmarried girls only. Pronounced sehn-yor-ee-tah .

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Greet a group of people with the phrase “muy buenos dias a todos”. When going to a crowded place or greeting an audience, you can use this phrase to greet everyone.

Note that this sentence is often used to address an audience. In most cases, when meeting a group of people in a casual, personal setting, you need to greet each person individually.
Muy means “many”
A todos means “to all”
When put together, this greeting means “good morning everyone!”.
The pronunciation of this sentence is moo-ee boo-eh-nohs dee-ahs ah toh-dohs .

Another way of saying

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Say “¡arriba!” ^{[6] X Research Source} This greeting means “rise and shine!” (let’s start a new day) in English.

Use this to greet your child or lover when you wake them up.
This sentence means “wake up!”. The purpose is to wake up the sleeping person in the morning.
The pronunciation of arriba is ah-rree-bah . You will have to curl your tongue when pronouncing the two “r”.

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Say “ya amaneció”. This is a way to urge someone to wake up when they haven’t woken up yet.

Ya means “already”.
Amaneció comes from the word “amanecer”, which means “light sky”.
This sentence means “it’s already morning”. Often used to call people who are sleeping to wake up because the sun has risen.
This sentence is pronounced jah ah-mahn-ay-cee- oh , so remember to emphasize the intonation at the “o”.

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Ask “¿Como amanecio usted?”. This is a polite way to ask how someone’s morning was.

Como means “how”.
Usted” is a formal word for “you”
Amaneció comes from the word “amanecer”, which means “light sky”.
Translate the whole sentence as “How was your morning?”. Actually, this sentence is to ask how the listener was feeling that morning.
The pronunciation of this sentence is koh -moh ah-mahn-ay-cee- oh oos-tehd , so remember to emphasize the intonation at the “o”.

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Basic “Good Morning” Sentences

Hello to each specific person

Another way of saying

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