buenas noches
[ˈbwenas ˈnot͡ʃes]
The verdict
“buenas noches” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as an interjection. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Saludo utilizado cuando ya se ha ido la luz del día.
Corpus desk
Index ES-buenas-noches · buenas noches · Spanish
buenas noches · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "B" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | buenas noches |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Interjection |
| IPA | [ˈbwenas ˈnot͡ʃes] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “buenas noches” en español
Rare enough to double-check
buenas noches is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as aninterjection, transcribed [ˈbwenas ˈnot͡ʃes]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for buenas noches, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is buenas noches, spelled B-U-E-N-A-S- -N-O-C-H-E-S.
Definition
- 1Saludo utilizado cuando ya se ha ido la luz del día.
- 2Fórmula utilizada para despedirse de alguien cuando se va a dormir por la noche.
- 3Se usa de forma jocosa para saludar a alguien que llega tarde a un lugar.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how buenas noches appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Buenas noches a todos. Perdón por la demora, es que tenía algunos asuntos pendientes y... ¡Ah! En fin, lo importante es que ya estoy aquí.
Bien, buenas noches, me voy a dormir; tengo muchas cosas que hacer mañana.
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.