greeting

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈgriːtɪŋ/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈgritɪŋ/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(grēting)

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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:

Principal Translations
InglésEspañol
greeting n (spoken welcome: hello, etc.)saludo nm
 Logan welcomed the visitor with a polite greeting.
 Logan recibió a su visita con un saludo cordial.
greeting n (message in card)saludo nm
  felicitación nf
 Anna's mother always sent a greeting at Christmas.
 La madre de Anna siempre envía saludos por Navidad.
greetings npl (message on special occasion)felicitaciones nfpl
  buenos deseos loc nom mpl
  enhorabuena nf
 Thank you to everyone who sent me birthday greetings.
 Gracias a todos los que me enviaron felicitaciones de cumpleaños.
greetings interj dated (way of saying hello)hola interj
  buenas interj
  a las buenas loc interj
 Greetings, Harold!
 ¡Hola, Harold!
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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:

Principal Translations
InglésEspañol
greet [sb] vtr (welcome guests, customers) (invitados)recibir vtr
  dar la bienvenida loc verb
 While Mary goes to greet the guests, Fred finishes setting the table for dinner.
 Cuando Mary recibe a los invitados, Fred termina de poner la mesa para la cena.
greet [sb] vtr (say hi)saludar vtr
 In this small town, strangers greet you in the street.
 En el pequeño pueblo, los extraños se saludan en la calle.
greet [sb/sth] vtr often passive (react to)recibir vtr
  acoger vtr
 The teacher's questions were greeted by confused silence from her students.
 Los alumnos recibieron los preguntas de la maestra con un silencio confuso.
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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:

Compound Forms:
greeting | greet
InglésEspañol
greeting card,
greetings card
n
(card given to mark an occasion)tarjeta nf
  (cumpleaños, graduación...)tarjeta de felicitación nf + loc adj
 Marilyn awoke to find an array of greeting cards at her bedside.
 Marilyn se despertó y encontró un montón de tarjetas junto a su cama.
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Collocations: a greeting card, gave him [an enthusiastic, a formal] greeting, greetings!, more...

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