Etymology

Dissimulated from buono or directly derived from bono

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbwɛ.no/Category:Italian 2-syllable words#BUENOCategory:Italian terms with IPA pronunciation#BUENO
• Rhymes: -ɛnoCategory:Rhymes:Italian/ɛno#BUENOCategory:Rhymes:Italian/ɛno/2 syllables#BUENO
• Hyphenation: buè‧no

Adjective

bueno (feminine buena, masculine plural bueni, feminine plural buene)Category:Italian lemmas#BUENOCategory:Italian adjectives#BUENOCategory:Italian adjectives with red links in their headword lines#BUENOCategory:Italian entries with incorrect language header#BUENOCategory:Pages with entries#BUENOCategory:Pages with 5 entries#BUENO

1. (RomanescoCategory:Romanesco Italian#BUENO, archaicCategory:Italian terms with archaic senses#BUENO, 1400's) alternative form of buono

Alternative forms

• boenu (Monastir), boene (Monastir), bweno, ueno (Haketía)

Etymology

Inherited from Old SpanishCategory:Ladino terms inherited from Old Spanish#BUENOCategory:Ladino terms derived from Old Spanish#BUENO bueno, inherited from LatinCategory:Ladino terms inherited from Latin#BUENOCategory:Ladino terms derived from Latin#BUENO bonus (“good”), from Old LatinCategory:Ladino terms inherited from Old Latin#BUENOCategory:Ladino terms derived from Old Latin#BUENO duenos, later duonus, from Proto-ItalicCategory:Ladino terms inherited from Proto-Italic#BUENOCategory:Ladino terms derived from Proto-Italic#BUENO *dwenos.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Istanbul):

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  Category:Ladino terms with audio pronunciation#BUENO

Adjective

bueno (Hebrew spelling בואינו, feminine buena, masculine plural buenos, feminine plural buenas)Category:Ladino lemmas#BUENOCategory:Ladino adjectives#BUENOCategory:Ladino adjectives in Latin script#BUENOCategory:Ladino entries with incorrect language header#BUENOCategory:Pages with entries#BUENOCategory:Pages with 5 entries#BUENO

1. good (high quality) [ca. 1510^[1]]

   Synonym: dobro (Balkan)

   Antonym: malo

   Hyponym: mijor

   Coordinate term: bien

   • 1982, Enrique Saporta y Beja, En torno de la torre blanca‎, Editions Vidas Largas, page 28:

     Djugava de oreja, i no tenia buena oreja !

     [Somebody] was playing by ear, and [they] did not have a good ear!

     Category:Ladino terms with quotations#BUENO

References

Etymology

Inherited from LatinCategory:Old Spanish terms inherited from Latin#BUENOCategory:Old Spanish terms derived from Latin#BUENO bonus (“good”), from Old LatinCategory:Old Spanish terms inherited from Old Latin#BUENOCategory:Old Spanish terms derived from Old Latin#BUENO duenos, later duonus, from Proto-ItalicCategory:Old Spanish terms inherited from Proto-Italic#BUENOCategory:Old Spanish terms derived from Proto-Italic#BUENO *dwenos.

Adjective

buenoCategory:Old Spanish lemmas#BUENOCategory:Old Spanish adjectives#BUENOCategory:Old Spanish entries with incorrect language header#BUENOCategory:Pages with entries#BUENOCategory:Pages with 5 entries#BUENO

1. good (high quality)
   • ca. 1300–1325, anonymous, Cuento muy fermoso de Otas de Roma, (ed. by Herbert L. Baird, Jr., 1976, Madrid: Real Academia Española):

     Desý tomó el cavallo por la rienda, que era muy bueno, e fuélo dar a Esmeré. E Esmeré cavalgó luego e tóvogelo en muy grant merçet, e aguyjó por ese canpo. Grant pavor ovieron griegos quando lo vieron a cavallo.

     Desy took the horse by its reins, as it was very good, and went to give it to Esmere. And Esmere mounted it right away, thanking him greatly, and rode it through the field. The Greeks were in great fear when they saw him on a horse.

     Category:Old Spanish terms with quotations#BUENO
2. good (honorable; honourable)
   • c. 1250, anonymous, Poema de Fernán González p. 274, (ed. by Itzíar López Guil, 2001, Madrid: Biblioteca Nueva):

     Quando llegó el conde a su buena conpaña
     falló a sus vassallos todos con fuerte saña,
     maltrayanle tanto que era grand façaña.

     When the count arrived back at his good companions, he found all his vassals strongly against him; they were treating him so badly that it was a feat.

     Category:Old Spanish terms with quotations#BUENO

References

• Ralph Steele Boggs et al. (1946), “bueno”, in Tentative Dictionary of Medieval Spanish, volume I, Chapel Hill, page 83

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish bueno.Category:Portuguese terms derived from Proto-Italic#BUENOCategory:Portuguese terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#BUENOCategory:Portuguese terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *dewh₂-#BUENOCategory:Portuguese terms derived from Latin#BUENOCategory:Portuguese terms derived from Old Latin#BUENOCategory:Portuguese terms derived from Spanish#BUENOCategory:Portuguese terms borrowed from Spanish#BUENOCategory:Portuguese terms derived from Old Spanish#BUENOCategory:Pages with etymology trees#BUENOCategory:Portuguese entries with etymology trees#BUENOCategory:Portuguese entries with etymology texts#BUENOCategory:Pages using etymon with no ID#BUENO Doublet of bomCategory:Portuguese doublets#BUENO.

Pronunciation

Interjection

buenoCategory:Portuguese lemmas#BUENOCategory:Portuguese interjections#BUENOCategory:Portuguese entries with incorrect language header#BUENOCategory:Pages with entries#BUENOCategory:Pages with 5 entries#BUENO

1. (Rio Grande do SulCategory:Gaúcho Portuguese#BUENO) all right; okay; fine

   Synonyms: está bem, tá, tudo bem, está bom, tá bom

   Bueno, tu não precisa vir. ― Okay, you don’t need to come.Category:Portuguese terms with usage examples#BUENO

2. (Rio Grande do SulCategory:Gaúcho Portuguese#BUENO, used at the start of a phrase) well; a short pause in a sentence

   Synonyms: está bem, tá, tudo bem, está bom, tá bom

   Bueno, então olha. ― Well, then look.Category:Portuguese terms with usage examples#BUENO

Etymology

Inherited from Old SpanishCategory:Spanish terms inherited from Old Spanish#BUENOCategory:Spanish terms derived from Old Spanish#BUENO bueno, inherited from LatinCategory:Spanish terms inherited from Latin#BUENOCategory:Spanish terms derived from Latin#BUENO bonus (“good”), from Old LatinCategory:Spanish terms inherited from Old Latin#BUENOCategory:Spanish terms derived from Old Latin#BUENO duenos (later duonus), from Proto-ItalicCategory:Spanish terms inherited from Proto-Italic#BUENOCategory:Spanish terms derived from Proto-Italic#BUENO *dwenos. Doublet of bonusCategory:Spanish doublets#BUENO, a later borrowing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbweno/ [ˈbwe.no]Category:Spanish 2-syllable words#BUENOCategory:Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation#BUENO

• Audio:

  (file)

  Category:Spanish terms with audio pronunciation#BUENO
• Rhymes: -enoCategory:Rhymes:Spanish/eno#BUENOCategory:Rhymes:Spanish/eno/2 syllables#BUENO
• Syllabification: bue‧no

Adjective

bueno (feminine buena, masculine plural buenos, feminine plural buenas, comparative mejor, superlative buenísimo or bonísimo or óptimo)Category:Spanish lemmas#BUENOCategory:Spanish adjectives#BUENOCategory:Spanish entries with incorrect language header#BUENOCategory:Pages with entries#BUENOCategory:Pages with 5 entries#BUENO

1. good

   Antonym: malo

   Que tengas una buena noche.

   Have a good night.

   Category:Spanish terms with usage examples#BUENO

   Que tengas un buen viaje.

   Have a good trip.

   Category:Spanish terms with usage examples#BUENO

2. fine

   Synonym: fino

Interjection

buenoCategory:Spanish lemmas#BUENOCategory:Spanish interjections#BUENOCategory:Spanish entries with incorrect language header#BUENOCategory:Pages with entries#BUENOCategory:Pages with 5 entries#BUENO

1. okay; fine

   Synonyms: vale, de acuerdo, está bien

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

   Bueno, pues, mira. ― Well, then, look.Category:Spanish terms with usage examples#BUENO

3. (interrogatively, MexicoCategory:Mexican Spanish#BUENO) expression used when answering the phone, often with the pronunciation /bweˈno/, rather than /ˈbweno/

   Synonyms: aló, diga, dígame, sí

   ¿Bueno? ― Hello?Category:Spanish terms with usage examples#BUENO

4. Said when one is about to say goodbye/end a conversation.

   Bueno... Ya nos vemos.

   Well... See you later.

   Category:Spanish terms with usage examples#BUENO

5. (Latin AmericaCategory:Latin American Spanish#BUENO) hello

Descendants

• → Tagalog: buweno

Further reading

• “bueno”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025