buen rato
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌbwen ˈrato/ [ˌbwẽn ˈra.t̪o]
- Syllabification: buen ra‧to
Noun
- hot minute, a long while
- Esperé un buen rato.
- I waited a long while.
- (literal) good time
- Antonym: mal rato
- ¿Pasaste un buen rato ayer?
- Did you have a good time yesterday?
- Pasé un buen rato.
- I enjoyed myself a lot.
Further reading
- “buen rato”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025