How do you say Have a good day in Spanish?
The most common way to say “have a good day” in Spanish is ¡Que tengas un buen día!. Here are the main options, when to use each, and how to pronounce them.
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¡Que tengas un buen día!
keh TEN-gahs oon bwen DEE-ah
To one person, informal.
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¡Que tenga un buen día!
keh TEN-gah oon bwen DEE-ah
Formal (usted): to customers, strangers, older people.
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¡Buen día!
bwen DEE-ah
The short version. In Argentina and Uruguay it is also an everyday “good morning”.
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¡Que te vaya bien!
keh teh VAH-yah BYEN
“Hope it goes well” — a friendly goodbye at any time.
Use it in a sentence
- Thanks, have a nice day!¡Gracias, que tenga un buen día!
- Have a good day at work.Que tengas un buen día en el trabajo.
- Have a good weekend!¡Buen fin de semana!
- Have a great day, everyone!¡Que tengan un excelente día!
Good to know
Que followed by the subjunctive turns a sentence into a wish, which is why it is tengas rather than tienes.
To a group: ¡Que tengan un buen día! ¡Que pases un buen día! is just as common.