Basic Greetings in English

 

greeting (noun): saying hello; a polite word of welcome
greet (verb): to say hello; to welcome somebody 
(The opposite of greeting is farewell - saying goodbye.)

 

• Hello
• Hi
• Good morning
• Good afternoon
• Good evening*
• Hey, John.
• How's it goin'?

Slang greetings in passing

Slang es el argot, el lenguaje social...más común, el de la calle.

• Howdy
• Hiya
• Whazzup?
• Yo
• G'day (Australia)