Replying to "¿Que Paso?"

Question

What are some good come backs to the greeting "¿Que Paso?"

¿Qué pasó? your spelling would likely be misuderstood. - 0074b507, Mar 30, 2011

Gracias señor. - gerry118, Mar 30, 2011

Answer 1

When I first read this, I thought you said, ¿Que pasa?

This basically means "How are you?" It literally means, "What happens?" or in English we might say, "What's happening?" It can be responded to with, "Nada. Estoy bien. ¿Y tu? Nothing much. I'm good. And, you? In my experience, you don't even need the "nada."

But, upon closer examination, you wrote, "Que paso?" Actually, it should be, "¿Qué pasó? This means, "What happened?"

And, it depends upon what has just happened. If a fire truck or police car has just driven by with the siren's going or they just carried someone off in a stretcher, and you know why, then you tell them.

Answer 2

¿Que paso? is not a greeting, I think you mean:

¿Qué pasó?

-Todo bien. ¿Qué tal tú?