El hombre se despide: «Hasta mañana».

Because the verb here is despedirse, which means to say goodbye or to take leave.

Without se, despedir usually means something different, such as:

• to fire/dismiss someone from a job
• sometimes to see someone off

So:

• El hombre se despide = the man says goodbye
• La empresa lo despide = the company fires him

The se is part of the verb you need here.

Despedirse is a pronominal verb meaning to say goodbye.

In this sentence, se despide is:

• third person singular
• present tense
• literally he says goodbye / he takes his leave

It is a very natural verb in narration.

Spanish often uses the present tense to describe what is happening in a scene, a story, or a caption.

So El hombre se despide can mean:

• The man says goodbye
• The man is saying goodbye

This is normal in descriptions and storytelling, just like the English narrative present.

Yes. Spanish often drops subject pronouns and even noun subjects when they are clear from context.

So you could also have:

• Se despide: «Hasta mañana».

But El hombre is included here to make it explicit who is speaking, especially in a textbook, caption, or exercise.

El hombre means the man, while un hombre means a man.

Using el suggests that the man is already identifiable from the context, picture, or previous mention. In learning materials, this is very common when the person is visible or already known.

Literally, it means Until tomorrow.

In natural English, it usually corresponds to:

• See you tomorrow
• Until tomorrow

It is a very common farewell when you expect to see the other person the next day.

Because it is a fixed farewell expression. Spanish often leaves out words that are understood from context.

So Hasta mañana does not need a full sentence structure. The idea is simply:

• Until tomorrow
• understood as I’ll see you tomorrow or See you tomorrow

Other similar expressions are:

• Hasta luego = see you later
• Hasta pronto = see you soon

Yes. Mañana can mean:

• morning
• tomorrow

Context tells you which one is meant.

Examples:

• por la mañana = in the morning
• Hasta mañana = see you tomorrow
• Mañana voy a Madrid = Tomorrow I’m going to Madrid

In this sentence, it clearly means tomorrow.

No. The mark on ñ is not a normal written stress accent like in café. It is part of the letter itself.

Ñ is a separate Spanish letter, different from n.

So:

• n and ñ are different letters
• mañana is spelled with ñ, not n

The word’s normal stress is on the middle syllable: ma-ÑA-na.

A good approximation is ma-NYA-na.

Important points:

• ñ sounds like the ny in canyon
• the stress falls on ña

So:

• mañana ≈ ma-NYA-na

Also, in hombre, the h is silent:

• hombre sounds roughly like OM-bre

Those are Spanish angle quotation marks, often called guillemets.

In Spain, especially in printed writing, it is common to use:

• « »

Instead of:

• “ ”

Both styles may be seen, but «Hasta mañana» looks especially traditional and standard in Spanish typography.

Yes, but it would not mean exactly the same thing.

• Hasta mañana specifically suggests see you tomorrow
• Adiós is a more general goodbye

In everyday Spanish, especially in Spain, expressions with hasta are very common because they sound less final and more connected to the next meeting:

• Hasta luego
• Hasta mañana
• Hasta pronto

So Hasta mañana is the most natural choice if they expect to see each other the next day.