How to Say ‘A good one.’ in Mexican Spanish
De los buenos.
deh lohs BWEH-nohs
[deh lohs BWEH-nohs]
💬 Usage Tip: [De los buenos] literally means "of the good ones," but the real idea is "a really good one." You can reuse it with other nouns: [una película de las buenas], [un café de los buenos].
Phrase Breakdown
De
[deh]
of
De means 'of' or 'from'; here it helps form 'one of the good ones.'
Eso fue un cumplido de los buenos.
That was one of the good compliments.
los
[lohs]
the
Los is the masculine plural definite article meaning 'the.'
Fue de los buenos, de verdad.
It was one of the good ones, really.
buenos
[BWEH-nohs]
good ones
Buenos means 'good' and here implies 'the good ones' or 'the really good kind.'
Ese comentario fue de los buenos.
That comment was one of the good ones.
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