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buenos

Buenos is the masculine plural form of the Spanish adjective bueno, meaning "good." It agrees with masculine plural nouns, as in días buenos (good days) or amigos buenos (good friends). The feminine plural form is buenas, used with feminine plural nouns. In many phrases, buenos functions as part of common greetings or descriptions such as buenos días (good morning) and, more broadly, buenos días, buenas tardes, and buenas noches.

In Spanish orthography, buen shortens to buen before masculine singular nouns (for example, un buen día, un

Geographically and culturally, the most famous use of the word is in Buenos Aires, the capital and

As a basic building block of Spanish, buenos plays a central role in describing qualities of people,

buen
hombre),
while
bueno
remains
before
feminine
or
plural
forms.
The
standalone
adjective
buen
appears
in
many
compound
expressions
and
idioms,
and
bueno/buen
can
be
intensified
in
colloquial
speech
(e.g.,
un
buen
rato,
una
buena
idea).
largest
city
of
Argentina.
The
name
is
commonly
interpreted
as
"good
airs"
or
"fair
winds,"
reflecting
a
historical
association
with
favorable
winds
and
harbor
conditions.
The
exact
origin
of
the
toponym
is
debated,
but
the
two-word
proper
noun
has
become
widely
recognized
in
Spanish
and
global
contexts.
places,
and
things,
and
it
serves
as
a
key
example
of
gender
and
number
agreement
in
the
language.