buen
Spanish, adjective/ˈbwen/
buen is spelled B-U-E-N (4 letters) and appears 331 times per million words in written Spanish, the 243rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Buen is a Spanish masculine adjective meaning “apocopic form of bueno (“good, fine”)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Variante de bueno”.
What does buen mean in English?
adjective
- 1
masculineapocopic form of bueno (“good, fine”)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Variante de bueno.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of buen
- bueno standard
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce buen?
- /ˈbwen/
- [ˈbwẽn]
- [buˈẽn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to buen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is buen in Spanish?
buen appears 331 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).