bueno – Wiktionary

See also: Bueno

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Etymology

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From Old Spanish, from Latin bonus (“good”).

Adjective

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bueno (Latin spelling, Hebrew spelling בואינו‎)

1. good

   dobro

   (

   Balkan

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   malo

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Spanish

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Etymology

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From Old Spanish, inherited from Latin bonus (“good”), from Old Latin duenos, later duonus, from Proto-Italic *dwenos, from Proto-Indo-European *dew- (“to show favor, revere”). Doublet of bonus, a later borrowing.

Pronunciation

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• IPA(key):

  /ˈbweno/

  ,

  [ˈbwe.no]

• Audio

Adjective

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bueno (feminine buena, masculine plural buenos, feminine plural buenas, comparative mejor, superlative buenísimo or bonísimo or óptimo)

1. good

   malo

   Que tengas una buena noche. ―

   Have a good night.

   Que tengas un buen viaje. ―

   Have a good trip.

2. fine

Usage notes

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• When used before a masculine noun as part of the noun phrase, the apocopic form buen is used instead of bueno. The term buenos can be used as a greeting with someone familiar or non-formal.

Alternative forms

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• (

  good

  )

  :

  bonoobsolete)

• güenowenoeye dialect)

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Interjection

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bueno

1. okay; fine

   valede acuerdoestá bien

2. (

   used at the start of a phrase

   )

   well; a short pause in a sentence

   Bueno, pues, mira. ―

   Well, then, look.

3. (

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   Mexico

   interrogatively

   )

   Expression used when answering the phone, often with the pronunciation

   /bweˈno/

   , rather than

   /ˈbweno/

   .

   ¿Bueno? ―

   Hello?

   alódigadígamesí

Related terms

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• (

  adverb

  ,

  noun

  )

  bien

• (

  comparative

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  mejor

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  superlative

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  bonísimobuenísimoóptimo

Further reading

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• “bueno”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014