bueno

See also: Bueno

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LadinoEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

AdjectiveEdit

bueno m (Latin spelling, Hebrew spelling בואינו‏)

1. good

See alsoEdit

• mijor

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SpanishEdit

EtymologyEdit

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.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): [ˈbʷe̞no̞], /ˈbweno/

AdjectiveEdit

bueno (feminine singular buena, masculine plural buenos, feminine plural buenas)

1. good

   Antonyms: malo

2. fine

Usage notesEdit

• 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 formsEdit

• (good): bono (obsolete)
• weno (eye dialect)

Derived termsEdit

• buen
• bonito

Related termsEdit

• bien
• bondad

InterjectionEdit

bueno

1. okay; fine
2. (used at the start of a phrase) well; a short pause in a sentence

   Bueno, pues, mira. ― Well, then, look.

3. (interrogatively, Mexico) Expression used when answering the phone, often with the pronunciation /bweˈno/, rather than /ˈbweno/.

   ¿Bueno? ― Hello?

SynonymsEdit

• (okay, fine): vale, de acuerdo, está bien
• (answering the telephone): ¿aló?, diga, dígame, sí

Related termsEdit

• (adverb, noun) bien
• (comparative) mejor
• (superlative) bonísimo, buenísimo, óptimo

Further readingEdit

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