How are ¿Cómo estás? and ¿Cómo está usted? similar and different?
Similar: Both ask how are you in second person singular.; Different: ¿Cómo estás is in informal register and ¿Cómo está Usted? is in formal register.
What does using "usted" signal in a conversation?
Using usted signals a respect of the social norms of the community to the listener
In Spain, students talk to their teachers in informal register, and in many parts of L.Am., students talk to their teacher in formal register. How would asking the teacher their name be different?
Spain (informal): ¿Cómo te llamas?; L.Am. (formal); ¿Cómo se llama usted?
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