Adios

what in the hell does that mean?

My friend told me that most Spanish speakers don't know, either; at least in the literal sense.

they just use it as "Good bye" which isn't entirely unrelated.

"adios" 'to god'

"good bye" 'god be' from 'god be with you'

i confirmed his suspicion, well, it happend with a single speaker. he keeps telling me adios at the edn of class and as I don't care for it much, I told him what it meant. his was a bit shocked. he's a native speaker of Spanish.

i prefer the "hasta luego"