How to INTRODUCE YOURSELF in SPANISH
Learn how to introduce yourself in Spanish with phrases you can use when meeting someone new. Lucía models the basic pieces of a first conversation.
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- 0:05 — Greetings and how are you?
- 1:34 — And you? Informal and formal pronouns
- 2:12 — Your name
- 3:00 — Your age
- 3:44 — Where you are from
- 4:58 — Where you live
- 5:33 — Your job
- 7:04 — Your hobbies and free time
- 9:14 — Nice to meet you
- 10:38 — Lucía’s introduction and your turn
0:05 — Greetings and how are you?
¡Hola! ¿Qué tal? This is Lucía from My Daily Spanish. Today we’re going to learn how to introduce ourselves in Spanish easily and understand the main questions people can ask us when they meet us for the first time. Are you ready? Let’s go! First, the greetings. Usually the first thing we say is hola, which means hello. Other options are:
¡Hola!
Example translation: Hello!
Buenos días.
Example translation: Good morning.
Buenas tardes.
Example translation: Good afternoon.
Buenas noches.
Example translation: Good evening or good night.
Buenas.
Example translation: Hello; an informal greeting usable at different times of day.
One trick is to say just buenas, so you don’t need to think about what time of day it is. Buenas can be said instead of buenos días, buenas tardes or buenas noches when greeting someone. Great! Then you usually ask:
¿Qué tal?
Example translation: How are you?
¿Cómo estás?
Example translation: How are you?
Both mean “How are you?” and you can say them interchangeably. ¿Cómo estás? literally means “How are you?” and ¿Qué tal? is an expression with the same meaning here. The usual answers are bien, good, or muy bien, very good. You can also say todo bien, which means everything is fine. Todo means all or everything, and bien means good.
Bien.
Example translation: Fine.
Muy bien.
Example translation: Very well.
Todo bien.
Example translation: Everything is fine.
1:34 — And you? Informal and formal pronouns
Right after that, you ask ¿Y tú?, “And you?” This is if you are talking to one person. If you are talking to more than one person, it would be ¿Y vosotros?, “And you?” in the plural: ¿Y vosotros? when talking to men, and ¿Y vosotras? when talking to women. These are the casual pronouns. The formal pronouns for you would be usted in the singular and ustedes in the plural. You will hear ¿Qué tal? all the time.
¿Y tú?
Example translation: And you? Informal singular.
¿Y vosotros?
Example translation: And you? Informal plural masculine, including a mixed group.
¿Y vosotras?
Example translation: And you? Informal plural feminine.
Usted.
Example translation: You, formal singular in the lesson’s model.
Ustedes.
Example translation: You, plural.
Learner note — regional use and formality: The formal/informal plural contrast describes much of Spain. In Latin America, Canarias and western Andalucía, ustedes is used for both formal and informal plural address. ¿Cómo estás? uses tú; with usted the corresponding question is ¿Cómo está? ¿Qué tal? can be used without that distinction. Source: RAE–ASALE: usted.
2:12 — Your name
When they ask about your name, they will ask ¿Cómo te llamas? This literally means “How are you called?” The answer is me llamo plus your name. Another way of asking your name is ¿Cuál es tu nombre?, literally “Which is your name?” You answer with mi nombre es plus your name.
¿Cómo te llamas?
Example translation: What is your name?
Me llamo + tu nombre.
Example translation: My name is + your name. Literally, I am called + your name.
Me llamo Lucía.
Example translation: My name is Lucía.
¿Cuál es tu nombre?
Example translation: What is your name?
Mi nombre es + tu nombre.
Example translation: My name is + your name.
Mi nombre es Lucía.
Example translation: My name is Lucía.
¿Cómo te llamas?
Example translation: What is your name?
Me llamo Pedro, ¿y tú?
Example translation: My name is Pedro. And you?
Yo me llamo Lola.
Example translation: My name is Lola.
3:00 — Your age
When they want to know your age, they ask ¿Cuántos años tienes?, “How old are you?” Literally, it means “How many years do you have?” with tener, to have, rather than to be. The answer is tengo + your age + años.
¿Cuántos años tienes?
Example translation: How old are you?
Tengo + edad + años.
Example translation: I am + age + years old.
Tengo veinte años.
Example translation: I am twenty years old. Literally, I have twenty years.
Tengo cuarenta y dos años.
Example translation: I am forty-two years old. Literally, I have forty-two years.
I am twenty years old. I wish! I am forty-two years old. So it goes like this:
¿Cuántos años tienes?
Example translation: How old are you?
Tengo dos años.
Example translation: I am two years old. The original playful dialogue answer.
3:44 — Where you are from
When they want to know where you come from, they ask ¿De dónde eres? or ¿De qué país eres? These literally mean “From where are you?” and “From what country are you?” There are two ways of answering both questions: soy de plus your country, or soy plus your nationality.
¿De dónde eres?
Example translation: Where are you from?
¿De qué país eres?
Example translation: What country are you from?
Soy de + país.
Example translation: I am from + country.
Soy + nacionalidad.
Example translation: I am + nationality.
Soy de España.
Example translation: I am from Spain.
Soy española.
Example translation: I am Spanish, for a woman.
Soy español.
Example translation: I am Spanish, for a man.
Soy de Estados Unidos.
Example translation: I am from the United States.
Soy estadounidense.
Example translation: I am American, referring to the United States; the same form for masculine and feminine.
Soy de Inglaterra.
Example translation: I am from England.
Soy inglés.
Example translation: I am English, for a man.
Soy inglesa.
Example translation: I am English, for a woman.
4:58 — Where you live
Next they might ask where you live, usually referring to the city or town you live in. They ask ¿Dónde vives? You can answer vivo en plus the town or city, or just en plus that place. If you don’t want to provide the information, the playful answer is en mi casa.
¿Dónde vives?
Example translation: Where do you live?
Vivo en + ciudad o pueblo.
Example translation: I live in + city or town.
En + ciudad o pueblo.
Example translation: In + city or town.
¿Dónde vives?
Example translation: Where do you live?
Vivo en Barcelona.
Example translation: I live in Barcelona.
En mi casa.
Example translation: In my house.
5:33 — Your job
When asking about your job, they might ask these questions. To all three, you can answer with soy plus your profession. Another type of answer is me dedico a plus the noun of the field or the infinitive of the action verb. Or trabajo en plus the place or company where you work.
¿A qué te dedicas?
Example translation: What do you do for a living? Literally, what do you dedicate yourself to?
¿En qué trabajas?
Example translation: What is your job? Literally, what do you work in?
¿Cuál es tu trabajo?
Example translation: What is your job?
Soy + profesión.
Example translation: I am a/an + profession.
Soy ingeniero.
Example translation: I am an engineer, for a man.
Soy ingeniera.
Example translation: I am an engineer, for a woman.
Soy pintor.
Example translation: I am a painter, for a man.
Soy pintora.
Example translation: I am a painter, for a woman.
Me dedico a + campo o infinitivo.
Example translation: I work in + field, or do + activity for a living.
Me dedico a la ingeniería.
Example translation: I work in engineering.
Me dedico a pintar.
Example translation: I paint for a living.
Trabajo en + lugar o empresa.
Example translation: I work in/at + place or company.
Trabajo en una empresa de coches.
Example translation: I work for a car company.
Trabajo en Amazon.
Example translation: I work at Amazon.
¿A qué te dedicas?
Example translation: What do you do for a living?
Soy profesora en un colegio de primaria.
Example translation: I am a teacher at a primary school.
7:04 — Your hobbies and free time
Talking about hobbies and what you do in your free time, they might ask these questions. You can answer with me gusta plus an infinitive, “I like” plus what you like doing, or me encanta plus an infinitive, “I love” plus what you love doing. Another answer is mi pasatiempo es plus your hobby, or mis pasatiempos son plus your hobbies in the plural. We can also replace pasatiempo with hobby, an English word used a lot in Spanish. You can also use nouns.
¿Qué te gusta hacer?
Example translation: What do you like to do?
¿Cuáles son tus pasatiempos favoritos?
Example translation: What are your favorite hobbies?
¿Cuáles son tus hobbies?
Example translation: What are your hobbies?
Me gusta + infinitivo.
Example translation: I like + doing something.
Me gusta cocinar.
Example translation: I like cooking.
Me gusta leer.
Example translation: I like reading.
Me encanta + infinitivo.
Example translation: I love + doing something.
Me encanta escuchar música.
Example translation: I love listening to music.
Mi pasatiempo es + actividad.
Example translation: My hobby is + activity.
Mis pasatiempos son + actividades.
Example translation: My hobbies are + activities.
Mi pasatiempo es cantar.
Example translation: My hobby is singing.
Mis pasatiempos son leer, jugar al ordenador y bailar.
Example translation: My hobbies are reading, playing computer games and dancing.
Mi hobby es escribir.
Example translation: My hobby is writing.
Mis hobbies son escribir y escuchar la radio.
Example translation: My hobbies are writing and listening to the radio.
Mi hobby es la música.
Example translation: My hobby is music.
¿Qué te gusta hacer en tu tiempo libre?
Example translation: What do you like to do in your free time?
Me encanta bailar flamenco.
Example translation: I love dancing flamenco.
9:14 — Nice to meet you
To finish, you need to know how to say “Nice to meet you.” There are several ways: encantada de conocerte if you, the speaker, are a woman, or encantado de conocerte if you are a man. You can also say just encantada or encantado. Another way is un placer conocerte, or just un placer. Also mucho gusto. You can answer with the same expression or another nice-to-meet-you option, or igualmente, “the same,” el placer es mío, “the pleasure is mine,” or el gusto es mío, “my pleasure.”
Encantada de conocerte.
Example translation: Pleased to meet you, feminine speaker.
Encantado de conocerte.
Example translation: Pleased to meet you, masculine speaker.
Encantada. / Encantado.
Example translation: Pleased to meet you.
Un placer conocerte.
Example translation: A pleasure to meet you.
Un placer.
Example translation: A pleasure.
Mucho gusto.
Example translation: Nice to meet you.
Igualmente.
Example translation: Likewise.
Un placer conocerte.
Example translation: A pleasure to meet you.
El placer es mío.
Example translation: The pleasure is mine.
El gusto es mío.
Example translation: The pleasure is mine.
Un placer.
Example translation: A pleasure.
Mucho gusto.
Example translation: Nice to meet you.
El gusto es mío.
Example translation: The pleasure is mine.
Encantada.
Example translation: Pleased to meet you.
Igualmente.
Example translation: Likewise.
10:38 — Lucía’s introduction and your turn
Okay, that was it. Now I’m going to briefly introduce myself in Spanish without subtitles. Let’s see if you understand.
¡Hola! Me llamo Lucía, soy española y tengo veintiocho años. Vivo en Sevilla, soy profesora de español y mis pasatiempos son cantar, bailar y leer. Encantada de conoceros.
Example translation: Hello! My name is Lucía. I am Spanish and twenty-eight years old. I live in Seville, I am a Spanish teacher, and my hobbies are singing, dancing and reading. Pleased to meet you all.
And now it’s your turn! Can you introduce yourself in Spanish in the comments? I would love to meet you all. Like the video and subscribe for more. ¡Hasta pronto!
