"Welcome" in Spanish

Quick Answer

Welcome in Spanish can be translated as bienvenido, la bienvenida, dar la bienvenida, recibir con gusto, and more!

How do you say welcome in Spanish? Miguel Ríos sang it best: ¡Bienvenidos!

While bienvenido is the most common translation of welcome, there are a number of possible translations. Read on to learn how to properly translate welcome in different contexts.

Welcome in Spanish: A Greeting

Bienvenido or bienvenida to our lesson on welcome in Spanish!

When welcoming someone, or a group of people, it’s important to remember that you may have to modify the word bienvenido!

Gender	Singular	Plural
Masculine	bienvenido	bienvenidos
Feminine	bienvenida	bienvenidas

Singular

Masculine	bienvenido
Feminine	bienvenida

Plural

Masculine	bienvenidos
Feminine	bienvenidas

So, for example, if your cousin María comes to your house, you’d say bienvenida. However, if María brings her friends José and Juan, you'd say bienvenidos because there are two men and one woman and, thus, you’d use the masculine plural form of the word. Remember that, in Spanish, if there's at least one male in the group, you typically use the masculine form of the word.

Need to review gender changes in adjectives? Check out our interactive lessons and article!

Welcome in Spanish: Noun

Welcome isn’t just an interjection. It’s also a noun! For example:

examples
Para su bienvenida, organizaron una cena y un baile. They organized a dinner and dance for her welcome.
Compramos una tarta enorme para la bienvenida del nuevo jefe. We bought a huge cake for the new boss’s welcome.

Welcome in Spanish: Adjective

You can also use bienvenido as an adjective—just like welcome in English!

Remember: Spanish adjectives must agree in number and gender with the nouns they describe.

Let’s put this use of bienvenido into context:

examples
Ya sabes que tus amigas siempre serán bienvenidas en esta casa. You already know that your friends will always be welcome in this house.
Lidia procura siempre trabajar horas extra porque un poco más de dinero siempre es bienvenido a fin de mes. Lidia always tries to work overtime because a little more money is always welcome at the end of the month.

Welcome in Spanish: Verb

Finally, there are several verbs and verb phrases you can use to talk about welcoming someone or something in Spanish.

Spanish	English
dar la bienvenida	to welcome (greet gladly)
recibir con gusto, recibir de buena manera, acoger con satisfacción, acoger con agrado, acoger con beneplácito	to welcome (receive positively)

Let’s take a look at some examples of the above verbs.

examples
Los alumnos dieron la bienvenida al nuevo profesor de francés. The students welcomed their new French teacher.
Recibí con gusto el correo que decía que habían bajado mi factura de la luz. I welcomed the email that said they had lowered my electric bill.
Mónica y su madre acogieron con agrado el cambio de su vuelo. ¡Ya no tienen que madrugar! Mónica and her mother welcomed their flight change. They no longer have to get up early!

Other Greetings in Spanish

Bienvenido is certainly not the only way to greet people in Spanish! Remember that you can always use the following options, depending on the context:

Spanish	English
buenos días	good morning
buenas tardes	good afternoon
buenas noches	good evening
hola	hello

These are just a few of the ways available to greet other people in Spanish.

Want more? Check out this article about greetings in Spanish.

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