How to Say "Good Morning Formally" in Spanish

buenos días

/ˌbwenos ˈdias/

The Spanish phrase for "good morning formally" is buenos días.

buenos días is a polite greeting used from the time one wakes up until noon.

What does it mean word for word?

The phrase buenos días literally translates to "good days" rather than "good morning".

Use buenas tardes instead of buenos días once it is afternoon (typically after 12:00 PM or after lunch).

Buen día is a variant of buenos días commonly used in some regions of Latin America.

While buenos días is the standard plural form, the singular buen día is also used in many Spanish-speaking regions as a greeting.

/ˌbwenos ˈdias/

In some Spanish-speaking cultures, it is considered impolite to enter a room or a lift without saying buenos días to everyone present, regardless of whether you know them.
In many Spanish-speaking cultures, the transition from buenos días to buenas tardes is not marked by the clock, but by the time people actually sit down to eat lunch.
The word días in buenos días is masculine, but the greeting for afternoon and night, buenas tardes and buenas noches, uses the feminine buenas because tarde and noche are feminine nouns.

Buenos días, señor Rodríguez. ¿Cómo amaneció?
Good morning, Mr. Rodríguez. How did you wake up this morning?
Buenos días, ¿cómo está usted?
Good morning, how are you?
Buenos días, señor García.
Good morning, Mr. García.
Buenos días a todos en la oficina.
Good morning to everyone in the office.

Daniel enters a hotel lobby and greets the receptionist, María.

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