buenos días

American  

[bwe-naws thee-ahs] / ˈbwɛ nɔs ˈði ɑs /

interjection

Spanish.

1. good morning; good day.

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Usage

What does buenos días mean? Buenos días means "good morning" or "good day" in Spanish. It is used as a common, polite greeting. What are some other words related to buenos días?

• buenas noches
• buenas tardes
• hola

Example Sentences

That’s enough for a good morning or buenos días, a have a good day or que tenga un buen día, or even just a wave and a smile.

From Slate • Jan. 3, 2024

You say buenos días and buenas tardes to people on the street.”

From New York Times • Aug. 18, 2013

It is used as the term buenos días, or “good morning.”

From The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 17 of 55 1609-1616 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century by Robertson, James Alexander