buenas
Spanish, interjection/ˈbwenas/
buenas is spelled B-U-E-N-A-S (6 letters) and appears 166 times per million words in written Spanish, the 511th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Buenas is a Spanish interjection meaning “hello, good morning, good afternoon, good evening (greeting used irrespective of the time)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a feminine plural of bueno. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Usado como respuesta a «buenas tardes» equivale a esta misma frase.”.
What does buenas mean in English?
interjection
- 1
informalhello, good morning, good afternoon, good evening (greeting used irrespective of the time)
adjective
- 1
femininefeminine plural of bueno
noun
- 1
feminineplural of buena
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
interjection: 1. Usado como respuesta a «buenas tardes» equivale a esta misma frase..
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.
How do you pronounce buenas?
- /ˈbwenas/
- [ˈbwe.nas]
- [ˈbwenas]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to buenas
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is buenas in Spanish?
buenas appears 166 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).