Question

If you greet someone who is much older than you, how do you ask “How are you?” in Spanish?

A. ¿Cómo estás?
B ¿Cómo está usted?
C. ¿Y tú? Unselected answer
D. ¿Qué tal?

Answer 1

"Como esta usted?". In other words, Option B.

"Why?"

If you were to greet anyone who is far older than you, to impress and respect the fellow person's culture and language, the proper way of asking them "How are you?" in Spanish would be "Como esta usted?", considering it is the formal version of this greeting. Hence, Option B out of the following is correct.

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Answer 2

B

Step-by-step explanation:

If you want to speak formal to a teacher or older than you. You want to say ¿Como està? in Usted