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bien

/ˈbjen/, [ˈbjẽn]

not bad, well

Adverb bien

  1. well (adverbial form of bueno)
    Toca bien el piano.
    He plays the piano well.
  2. well, fine, okay (state of being satisfied with the status quo)
    hasta aquí todo bien
    so far so good
  3. properly
  4. willingly
  5. very
  6. as well
    Bien podrías acabar con ello temprano.
    You might as well get it over with early.

Adjective bien (plural bienes)

  1. (postpositive, colloquial) well-to-do; affluent; wealthy; upper-class
    Amanda y Carlos vienen de una familia bien.
    Amanda and Carlos come from a well-to-do family.
  2. (postpositive, colloquial) exclusive; upscale; high-class
    Las colonias bienes están en las afueras de la ciudad.
    The upscale neighborhoods are in the city suburbs.

Noun bien m (plural bienes)

  1. good (as opposed to evil)
    Es por el bien de toda la comunidad.
    It's for the good of the whole community.
  2. goodness
  3. good, better (substantive)
    para bien o para mal
    for better or for worse
    He vuelto para bien esta vez.
    I'm back for good this time.
  4. welfare, benefit
  5. (plural) goods, property, possessions, assets, wealth, estate

Source: Wiktionary available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License

Examples

  • Tom está respondiendo bien al tratamiento nuevo.

    Tom is responding well to the new treatment.

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  • ¿Cuántas lenguas hablas bien?

    How many languages do you speak well?

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  • Mis compañeros de clase son patéticos. ¡Han estudiado durante cuatro años y todavía no son capaces de conjugar los verbos! La única estudiante que puede hablar bien ya no está en la clase.

    My classmates are pathetic. They have studied for four years and yet they can't conjugate verbs! The only student who can speak well is not in the class anymore.

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  • Él habla bien japonés.

    He speaks Japanese well.

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  • Él no me cae bien porque es muy orgulloso.

    I don't like him because he is too proud.

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  • No sé si la tecnología moderna aumenta el desempleo, o más bien lo disminuye.

    I don't know if modern technology increases unemployment, or rather decreases it.

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  • Hagan bien a los que los aborrecen.

    Do good to those who hate you.

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  • Tom no lo hizo lo suficientemente bien en la prueba de conducir para sacarse el carné.

    Tom didn't do well enough on the driver's test to get a driver's license.

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  • Espero que tu familia esté bien, mi amigo.

    I hope that your family is fine, my friend.

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  • ¿Está bien que le dé de comer a mi perro lo mismo que le doy a mi gato?

    Is it OK to feed my dog the same thing that I feed my cat?

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