Here are the most common Spanish greetings, together with their English translation:

You can hear these greetings said by native Spanish speakers in the first four lessons of my Spanish for beginners course. Here are the Lesson 1 flashcards:

Learning tip

To learn new Spanish words well, make sure you hear them said by native speakers, rather than someone without a native accent. Learning from native speakers is essential if you want to avoid bad pronunciation, vocabulary and grammar habits.

This is the Lesson 1 dialog videocast from my Spanish for Beginners course.

In this short dialog you can hear two native Spanish speakers greeting each other. Lesson 1 also includes a flashcard videocast where you can hear and practice all the new words that come up in the dialog, as well as a pronunciation and a numbers videocast. I’ve also created a podcast version of the four videocasts, and interactive multimedia movies.

In previous posts you can see and hear the Lesson 1 dialog movie and the Lesson 1 dialog podcast.

You can download all the podcasts and videocasts in my Spanish for Beginners course when you subscribe.