# Bolivian greetings: buen día, caserita, señito

> id: regional.bo.greetings · category: regional · depth: standard · levels: A1 · review: internally_reviewed

**Summary.** Buenos días/buen día, clipped buenas, and warm address terms: caserito/a (regular vendor↔client), señito, joven, don/doña + name. Greeting first is essential.

Everyday greetings include buenos días / buen día, the clipped buenas, and warm address terms: caserito/caserita (the regular vendor–customer bond), señito (informal 'miss/ma'am'), joven (to a young waiter), and don/doña + first name for respect. Highland greetings often add pues and diminutives.

In markets the caserita relationship is real social currency — greeting your regular vendor by it earns better prices and the yapa (a little extra). Skipping the greeting before asking a price reads as rude.

Greetings extend to whole rooms and shared spaces: a single buenas on entering a shop, a combi, or a waiting room greets everyone at once, and leaving with permiso or ya me voy, pues is expected. Among acquaintances one cheek kiss is normal; with officials and elders, a fuller buenos días, don/doña… before any request noticeably improves your reception.

## Examples
- Buen día, caserita, ¿a cómo la naranja? — Morning, (regular vendor), how much are the oranges?
- Gracias, señito. — Thanks, miss.
- Buenas. —Buenas, ¿en qué le ayudo, casero? — Afternoon. —Afternoon, how can I help you, (regular)?

Related: regional.bo.politeness, regional.bo.money-prices-talk

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