dabuten

• dabute

Borrowed from Caló buten (“excellent”).

• IPA^(key): /daˈbuten/ [d̪aˈβ̞u.t̪ẽn]
• Rhymes: -uten
• Syllabification: da‧bu‧ten

dabuten

1. (Spain, colloquial, dated) cool, terrific

dabuten (invariable)

1. (Spain, colloquial, dated) cool, terrific

   Synonyms: guay, chachi, bacán, chévere, chido; see also Thesaurus:guay

• In common usage during the 1970s and the 1980s. Associated with the quinqui scene. Revived by the Spanish (Spain) dub of the American television series The Simpsons as the translation of Bart Simpson's catchphrase cool.

• Manuel Seco, Olimpia Andrés, Gabino Ramos (3 August 2023) “dabuten”, in Diccionario del español actual [Dictionary of Current Spanish] (in Spanish), third digital edition, Fundación BBVA [BBVA Foundation]