How to use "que tal" correctly?

Question

Is "que tal" a complete synonym of the "Como esta"? Is "que tal" a colloquial expression, or used only among young people? Is it used as a greeting as its English translation? How to use this question correctly?

Answer 1

¿Qué tal? is a very common expression and is less formal than ¿Cómo estás?. It means"How is it going?" There's no specific age group tied to it.

I vote for you. It's very, very common. ¡ Hola! ¿Que tal? - annierats, Sep 1, 2012

Answer 2

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Answer 3

• ''¿Que tal?''

Meanings could be.

• What do you think. ''Que tal si vamos al cine?''

or

• What about if?. ''Que tal si vamos a la tienda en vez de eso?''

or

• How are you?. ''Que tal?'' , ''Que tal estas?''

or

• What/how do you think?. ''Que tal me veo en este vestido?''

Answer 4

que tal for informal como estas for formal

Answer 5

Que tal can alos mean how about in a question. ¿Que tal si vamos a la piscina? How about we go to the poil.

Answer 6

Old pencil, welcome to the forum!

"Que" means "What." "tal" means "such." "Que tal," means "What's up?"

It's not a phrase that you can literally translate and understand, but you should know it, as you will hear it all of the time.

"Que tal," is a common greeting among friends, less formal than, "¿Cómo estás?" (How are you?).

p.s. Please post your country of origin and fluency levels in your profile so that we know a little more about you.

Answer 7

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I sent you a Private Message. - JoyceM, Sep 2, 2012