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chau
🇦🇷 Spanish slang from Argentina
What does “chau” mean?
bye
Example
“Chau, nos vemos mañana.”
Bye, see you tomorrow.
Good to know
From Italian "ciao", but only for goodbye; on the phone it is "chau, chau".
Who you can say it to
Fine with anyone
👋 Hellos
The textbook way to say it: adiós
✌️ How other countries say “See ya!”
- 🇲🇽 ¡Ahí nos vidrios!Mexico
- 🇪🇸 ¡Hasta luego!Spain
More from Argentina
- ¿Qué hacés?hi, how's it going? (lit. "what are you doing?")
- ¿Todo bien?all good? (as a hello)
- ¿Cómo andás?how are you doing?
- ¡Buenas!hi! (any time of day)
- ¡Abrazo!hugs! (signing off, between friends, men too)
- ¿En qué andás?what are you up to?
- ¿Qué onda?what's up?
- nos vemossee you
Songs from Argentina
- Lamento Boliviano · Enanitos VerdesLevel A2
- Color Esperanza · Diego TorresLevel A2
- De Música Ligera · Soda StereoLevel B1
- Adán y Eva · Paulo LondraLevel B1
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