deseándote buena salud
/deseandote bwena salud/from spelling rules
The Spanish phrase for wishing you good health is deseándote buena salud.
This phrase is used to express a hope that someone remains healthy or recovers from an illness. While deseándote buena salud is a direct translation of the participle phrase, Spanish speakers more commonly use the subjunctive mood in the form ¡Que tengas mucha salud! to express the same wish.
What does it mean word for word?
The word deseándote is a combination of the gerund deseando (wishing) and the enclitic pronoun te (you).
Which one should you use?
Replacing buena (good) with mucha (much/a lot of) is a common way to intensify the sentiment of the wish to say deseándote mucha salud.
How does it change in a sentence?
To change the phrase from the informal 'you' to the formal 'you', replace the pronoun te with le, resulting in deseándole buena salud.
Did you know?
- In many Spanish-speaking cultures, if someone sneezes three times in a row, the responses change from ¡Salud! to ¡Dinero! and then ¡Amor! This sequence wishes the person 'health', then 'money', and finally 'love'.
- While salud means 'health', it is also the standard way to say 'Cheers!' when making a toast during a drink.
- The term salud is a direct descendant of the Latin salūtem, which carried the dual meaning of both physical 'health' and spiritual 'salvation'.
Examples in context
- Que tengas una salud envidiableMay you have an enviable health
- Espero que te recuperes pronto y vuelvas a tu plena forma. Te deseo una excelente salud, mamá.I hope you recover soon and return to your full form. I wish you excellent health, mom.
- Sigo deseándote buena salud en tu recuperación.I continue wishing you good health in your recovery.
- Te escribo estas palabras, deseándote buena salud.I write these words to you, wishing you good health.
Example conversation
Elena sends a get-well message to Daniel.
- ElenaHola Daniel, espero que te sientas mejor.Hello Daniel, I hope you feel better.
- DanielHola Elena, gracias por preguntar.Hello Elena, thanks for asking.
- ElenaTe mando un abrazo, deseándote buena salud.I send you a hug, wishing you good health.
- DanielMuchas gracias por tus buenos deseos.Thank you very much for your good wishes.
Sources
- IPA marked “from spelling rules” is derived from standard Spanish spelling, where Wiktionary gives none.
- Word origins: Wiktionary entries salud, CC BY-SA 4.0.
