Speakers or English have a similar gesture through the hand may not be cupped and the fingers may be held more loosely, but for them the gesture means goodbye or go away, quite the opposite of the Colombian gesture.
出自-2014年6月听力原文
柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义
CONVENTION
（告别用语）再见
You say 'Goodbye' to someone when you or they are leaving, or at the end of a telephone conversation.
N-COUNT
告别语；道别；再见
When you say your goodbyes, you say something such as 'Goodbye' when you leave.
When you say goodbye to someone, you say something such as 'Goodbye', 'Bye', or 'See you', when you or they are leaving. You can also wave goodbye to someone.