Adios

[Dr. Deejay]

Hello,
In Spanish the word for bye is 'Adios' (I guess), but literally translated it means "To God". Do you advice me to say Hasta Luego or just Adios? Thanks in advance,

Greetings,
Dr. Deejay

[Rusty]

Do you advise me ...
= Should I say ...

Adiós (notice the accent mark) is widely used as a despedida. Using 'hasta luego' is a good alternate. You can also say 'chao' or 'nos vemos'.

There's an 'Accents' drop-down menu above where you type. You can use it to insert all the special characters you'll need in Spanish.

Perhaps you can learn more by looking in this thread.

[Dr. Deejay]

Thanks Meh, must have missed the accent in "adiós" lolz :P But thank you very much

[Baltipal]

Sorry but where is the 'Accents' drop down?

[poli]

Adiós translates directly to the English (from French) adieu.

[Don José]

"Adiós" comes from a sentence: "A Dios te encomiendo" ("To God I commend you") is the one I learnt.

Bienvenido

[Rusty]

Originally Posted by Baltipal

Sorry but where is the 'Accents' drop down?

Just above the text area, when you're responding/replying to a post.

[Perikles]

Just to confuse matters, locals here in Tenerife say Adios when they mean 'hello'

[Glen]

Adiós seems to me to have such finality to it that lately I've been attracted to saying instead either Hasta más ver or Hasta la próxima or Hasta que nos topemos or even Ahí nos vidrios (as a take-off on Nos vemos), so as to leave open the possibility of meeting again. Am I right? What are some other possibilities?

[aleCcowaN]

In most Argentina "adiós" sounds like "and I won't see you ever again" though it is obviously understood as a good-bye. "Chau", "hasta luego" (or "mañana" or "la semana que viene"), "hasta cualquier momento" or "hasta la próxima" are the standard way here.

[Baltipal]

Originally Posted by Rusty

Just above the text area, when you're responding/replying to a post.

Gracias

[Don José]

Originally Posted by Perikles

Just to confuse matters, locals here in Tenerife say Adios when they mean 'hello'

In which context do they say it? If you go into a shop, will they say "adiós"?

Being a teacher ,sometimes while I'm walking, I can hear a student saying "adiós, maestro" from the other side of the street. We could start talking after that "adiós". I think "adiós" is used here just because I haven't seen him, and it is a way of getting my attention. On the other hand, if both of us have seen each other, we will say "hola".