buono

• bono (Tuscan)^[1]

Inherited from Latin bonus. Doublet of bonus, a later borrowing.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbwɔ.no/

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• Rhymes: -ɔno
• Hyphenation: buò‧no

buono (feminine buona, masculine plural buoni, feminine plural buone, superlative buonissimo, diminutive (informal) bonìno or buonìno or (archaic) bonétto, augmentative (informal) bonóne)

1. good, nice (in general)
   1. righteous, moral

      Le sue buone azioni non saranno mai dimenticate.

      His good deeds will never be forgotten.

   2. (of the weather) good, nice; favorable and sunny

      Antonyms: brutto, cattivo

      Buon tempo, oggi. ― Nice weather, today.

   3. competent, talented, skillful

      Synonyms: ottimo, bravo

      Antonyms: pessimo, orribile

      Un buon violinista ― A good violinist

      Sei buono solo a perdere tempo! ― The only thing you're good at is wasting time!

   4. that works well for its purpose

      Antonyms: brutto, pessimo

      Hai proprio una buona memoria. ― You've unequivocally got a good memory.

   5. (of animals or children) well behaved

      Ragazzi, buoni! ― Boys, composure!

   6. intrinsically good or appreciated
   7. suitable, valid (Can we add an example for this sense?)
2. tasting good

   Synonym: gustoso

   Questa pizza è davvero buona. ― This pizza is very undoubtedly good.

3. nice, kind, benevolent
   1. ingenuous, overly nice

      Synonym: debole

      Nella vita bisogna essere buoni, sì, ma fino a un certo punto.

      In life one must be nice, sure, but [only] up to a certain point.

   2. lenient, lax

      Synonym: clemente

      Near-synonym: indulgente

      Anzi, mi dovreste ringraziare perché non avrei dovuto essere così buono!

      The exact opposite, you guys should be thanking me because I shouldn't have been this lenient!

• The apocopic form buon and (optionally) the contracted form buon' are used before masculine and feminine singular nouns, respectively, in the same manner as the indefinite article (i.e. buon giorno, buon amico but buono zio, buona sera but buon'amica, etc.).

• bene
• bontà

• buono
• migliore
• ottimo
• buonissimo

buono m (plural buoni)

1. good guy, hero

   Antonym: cattivo

   I buoni e i cattivi ― The good guys and the bad guys

2. coupon, voucher
3. bill, bond (financial)

• buono in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
• buono¹ in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

From Latin bonus.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbwo.nu/

buono (feminine buona, masculine plural buonos, feminine plural buonas)

1. good

• Moisés, Pires (2004) “buono”, in Pequeno vocabulário Mirandês-Português [Small Mirandese-Portuguese Vocabulary], 2nd edition, Miranda do Douro: Câmara Municipal de Miranda do Douro, published 2019, →ISBN, page 145.
• Ferreira, Amadeu, Ferreira, José Pedro Cardona (2003–2022) “buono”, in Dicionário de Mirandês-Português [Mirandese-Portuguese Dictionary].

Inherited from Latin bonus.

• (Naples) IPA^(key): [ˈbwoːnə], (in sandhi) [-nu]

  (feminine) IPA^(key): [ˈbɔːnə], (in sandhi) [-na]

• (Castelmezzano) IPA^(key): [ˈbuːnə]

  (feminine) IPA^(key): [ˈboːnə]

buono (feminine singular bona, masculine plural buone, feminine plural bone)

1. good

• AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 710: “buono; buona; buoni” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
• Ledgeway, Adam (2009) Grammatica diacronica del napoletano, Tübingen: Niemeyer, page 80
• Giacco, Giuseppe (2003) “buono”, in Schedario Napoletano