buena foto
/bwena foto/from spelling rules
The English phrase 'great picture' can be translated into Spanish as buena foto.
This phrase is used to praise a photograph for being high quality or visually appealing. While buena foto literally translates to 'good photo', it is the standard way to express that a picture is 'great' in a casual context.
Which one should you use?
While buena foto is the common standard, you can use gran foto if you want to emphasize the greatness of the photo more than the standard phrase does. For very high praise, formal options include ¡Excelente fotografía! (Excellent photograph!) and ¡Magnífica imagen! (Magnificent image!).
Is it said differently in some regions?
In Mexico, it is common to say Qué buena foto to mean 'What a good photo'.
How does it change in a sentence?
The adjective buena must be feminine to agree with the feminine noun foto.
Did you know?
- If you are unhappy with how you look in a buena foto, you might say salgo mal. This literally means 'I exit bad', describing how you appear in the image.
- In Spain, people use the word fotón to describe a great picture. The suffix -ón transforms the noun into a superlative, implying the quality of the photo is 'massive'.
- If you want to say 'great photo' using the word gran, you must place it before the noun foto rather than after it. Placing the adjective after the noun, as in foto grande, would change the meaning from 'great' to 'large' in size.
Examples in context
- ¡Qué buena foto!What a great photo!
- Es una buena foto de la montaña.It is a great picture of the mountain.
Example conversation
Sofía and Alejandro are looking at a photo on a phone.
- Sofía¿Te gusta esta imagen?Do you like this image?
- AlejandroSí, es una buena foto.Yes, it is a great picture.
- SofíaGracias, me tomó mucho tiempo.Thanks, it took me a long time.
- AlejandroSe nota, la luz es perfecta.It shows, the light is perfect.
Sources
- IPA marked “from spelling rules” is derived from standard Spanish spelling, where Wiktionary gives none.
