How have you been lately?

[Caballero]

¿Cómo se dice eso en castellano?

[Rusty]

Here are two very common ways:

¿Cómo has estado?
¿Qué tal te ha ido?

[Elaina]

Originally Posted by Caballero

¿Cómo se dice eso en castellano?

¿Como has estado ultimamente?
¿Como te ha ido ultimamente?

I take it the person was going through something and you already know so you just want to know about "lately".

[AngelicaDeAlquezar]

Originally Posted by Elaina

¿Cómo has estado últimamente?
¿Cómo te ha ido últimamente?

I take it the person was going through something and you already know so you just want to know about "lately".

I agree with the situation when we would use "últimamente".
A Mexican would just ask "¿Cómo has estado?". The verbal tense already expresses "lately" for us.

[CobaltStymie]

Pardon me, but is "estado" the present progressive tense of "está"?

Does it always convey the meaning of "lately"? Or are there other meanings it can convey?
Also, I am not familiar with "ido", but that appears to me as a progressive ending attached to nothing. Is it a word on it's own in this case?

Please forgive my ignorance.

[Luna Azul]

Originally Posted by CobaltStymie

Pardon me, but is "estado" the present progressive tense of "está"?

Does it always convey the meaning of "lately"? Or are there other meanings it can convey?
Also, I am not familiar with "ido", but that appears to me as a progressive ending attached to nothing. Is it a word on it's own in this case?

Please forgive my ignorance.

"Estado" is the Past Participle of "estar". The verb tense is Perfect Preterit which is formed by the auxiliary haber + Present Preterit in Spanish.

Yes, it generally conveys the meaning of "lately", "recently".

"Ido" is the Past Participle of the verb "ir" : "Yo he ido" = "I have gone".