What does chao mean in Spanish?

Question

What does chao mean in Spanish? I dont know if I spelled it right?

correct spelling and capitalization are mandatory on this site, welcome to the forum:) - 00494d19, Dec 28, 2010

Answer 1

It is commonly used in Chile, where you sometimes even hear a diminutive form -- ¡chaoito!

Answer 2

You spelled it right. It is "bye" (and even "hello") in Italian (spelled as "ciao" in that language), but it has become so fashionable, that has been incorporated in Spanish, although not everybody uses it.

Answer 3

Chao or Chau mean "bye" in Spanish ("Chau" is common used in Bolivia, Peru, Venezuela)

Ciao is in Italian, meaning "Hello", "Hi", "Bye" or "Goodbye"

It's very common in Venezuela, too. - KevinB, Dec 28, 2010

Thank you, KevinB - Fidalgo, Dec 28, 2010

Answer 4

The word ciao (Italian pronunciation: [?t?a?o], English: /?t?a?/) is an informal Italian verbal salutation or greeting, meaning either "hello", "goodbye", "bye" or "hi". Originally from the Venetian language, it was adopted into the Italian language and eventually entered the vocabulary of English and of many other languages around the world. The word is mostly used as "goodbye" or "bye" in English, but in modern Italian and in other languages it may mean "hello" or "goodbye".

In Spanish, Chao (or chau) means goodbye.

Answer 5

ciao - it just means bye