buen

See also: bün

Danish

Noun

buen c sg

1. definite singular of bue

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

buen m sg

1. definite singular of bue

Old French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbu͡ɛn/

Adjective

buen m (oblique and nominative feminine singular buene)

1. Alternative form of bon

Declension

	Case	masculine	feminine	neuter
singular	subject	buens	buene	buen
	oblique	buen			buene	buen
plural	subject	buen	buenes		buen
	oblique	buens			buenes	buen

Spanish

Etymology

From bueno, from Latin bonus (“good”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbwen/ [ˈbwẽn]

• Audio (Latin America):

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• Rhymes: -en
• Syllabification: buen

Adjective

buen m (apocopate, standard form bueno)

1. (before the noun) Apocopic form of bueno (“good, fine”)

Usage notes

The form buen is used only before and within the noun phrase of singular masculine noun. In other positions, bueno is used instead:

Fue un buen viaje. ― It was a good trip.

El viaje fue bueno. ― The trip was good.

Él es un escritor bueno. ― He is a good writer.

See also

• bien

Further reading

• “buen”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10