"what is happening?"
How would you say "what is happening?"
2 Answers
Well, it depends a little on what you mean.
If you mean the greeting- What's happening, like what's up- ¿Qué pasa? There are many other ways of expressing the same idea, but that is one of the more literal ones.
If you mean you are seeing some event unfolding in front of you, and have no clue what exactly is happening, you might try something like ¿"Qué está sucediendo?" Again there are other ways of expressing the same idea.
There are probably other contexts that I would choose something else to say.
According to my Mexican Spanish book you can say ¿Qué hubo? for What's happening / How's things? Notice the grammatically incorrect "How's" instead of "How are" so I think this expression is familiar - not for general use. I've not used that expression enough to say for sure. Maybe just ¿Qué pasa? if you want to know what is going on.
