hasta la vista
- idiom
- /ˈɑːstə lə ˈviːstə/
- Informal
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hasta la vista
- At the end of the meeting, he smiled and said, 'hasta la vista.'
Examples
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She waved and shouted, 'hasta la vista,' as the train pulled away.
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Hasta la vista, Jessica.
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After their vacation, he told his friends, 'hasta la vista—we'll meet again soon.'
Synonyms
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8.4
A friendly way to say goodbye when you expect to meet again
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1.9
A speech or action that says goodbye and wishes someone well
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8.5
A casual way to say hello or goodbye in Italy
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8.6
A goodbye used when someone leaves for a long time
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9.3
A final goodbye you say when leaving for a long time
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9.8
A friendly way to say goodbye
A friendly informal way to say goodbye when you will see or speak to someone soon
A playful informal way people say goodbye as a joke
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Morphology
hasta + la + vista
The phrase literally composes as 'hasta' = until + 'la' = the + 'vista' = sight/view, so a learner who knows those constituents can infer 'until the seeing' → 'until we see each other again', i.e. a farewell. Although it is a Spanish loan used in English, its meaning is transparently derived from the constituent words rather than being idiomatic or metaphorical.
Etymology
Hasta la vista comes from Spanish and literally combines hasta 'until' and la vista 'the sight', which gives the clear image 'until we see each other again'. So people use hasta la vista as a friendly 'goodbye' meaning 'see you again'.