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audio bue·no -na

adj.
  1. good
  2. (bondadoso) kind, benevolent
  3. (útil) fit, appropriate
  4. (sano) well, healthy
  5. (agradable) nice, polite
  6. (grande) considerable, goodly
    una buena cantidad de comida a goodly amount of food
  7. (no deteriorado) in good condition
  8. (bonachón) innocent, naive

Idioms:
a or por las buenas
figurative willingly
a la buena de Dios
carelessly, any old way
¡buenas!
greetings!
buenas noches
good night, good evening
buenas tardes
good afternoon
¡bueno está!
that's enough!
buenos días
good morning
dar por bueno
to approve
de buenas a primeras
all of a sudden
estar de buenas
to be in a good mood
estar en la buena
South America colloquial to be on a roll
librarse de una buena
colloquial to escape just in time
adv.
very well, all right, okay
¿Te acompaño hasta la esquina? Bueno May I accompany you to the corner? Okay
m.
good
separar lo bueno de lo malo to separate good from evil

Idioms:
lo bueno es que
the best part (or funny thing is)
los buenos
good or decent people
Inflected Forms: buen - adje
buena - adje
buenas - adje
buenos - adje

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