tenir la bona

From tenir (“to have”) +‎ la (“the”) +‎ bona, feminine form of bo (“good; good thing”).

tenir la bona (first-person singular present tinc la bona, first-person singular preterite tinguí la bona, past participle tingut la bona); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /e/

1. (intransitive) to be in good spirits

   Synonym: estar de bon humor

2. (intransitive) to be lucky, to have good luck

   Synonym: estar de sort

• “bo”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007