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A host greets you at the door and asks, '¿Qué tal el viaje?' What did they ask?

¿Qué tal el viaje? means 'How was the trip?'

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  1. What time is the flight?
  2. How was the trip? ✔
  3. Where is the trip?

Why: ¿Qué tal...? asks 'how is it?' about something. It also works as ¿Qué tal? for 'How's it going?' Viaje is trip or journey.

Huh, didn't know that: Buen viaje means 'have a good trip'.

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Answer: How was the trip?. ¿Qué tal...? asks 'how is it?' about something. It also works as ¿Qué tal? for 'How's it going?' Viaje is trip or journey.

  1. FSI Spanish Basic Course, Volume 1 Student Text (US government, public domain) fsi-language-courses-media.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/languages/Spanish/Basic/Volume%201/Fsi-SpanishBasicCourse-Volume1-StudentText.pdf
    How was the trip? ¿Qué tal el viaje?
    Checked 2026-10-10.

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