bonita foto
/bonita foto/from spelling rules
In Spanish, "nice picture" is translated as bonita foto.
This phrase is used as a compliment to tell someone that a photograph looks attractive. You can also use qué buena foto to express a similar compliment while emphasizing the quality of the photograph.
Which one should you use?
While bonita foto is a common way to express the compliment, you can also place the adjective after the noun as foto bonita, which is also grammatically correct and very common. For a slightly different nuance, qué buena foto translates to "what a good picture."
Is it said differently in some regions?
In Mexico, both bonita foto and ¡Qué bonita foto! are suitable alternatives. In Spain, you can use ¡Qué preciosa foto! to compliment a beautiful photo.
How does it change in a sentence?
In the phrase bonita foto, the adjective bonita (nice/pretty) precedes the noun foto (picture/photo).
How do you pronounce it?
/bonita foto/
Did you know?
- In many Spanish-speaking countries, saying saliste muy bien (you came out very well) is a more common way to compliment a person in a photo than calling the picture itself bonita.
- Although bonita is used for 'nice', using the word está instead of es (as in está bonita) implies the photo looks nice in that specific moment or context, rather than being inherently beautiful.
- In Latin America, replacing bonita with linda can make the compliment sound significantly more affectionate or sweet.
Examples in context
- Es una bonita foto de tu perro.It is a nice picture of your dog.
- Esa es una bonita foto del paisaje.That is a nice picture of the landscape.
Example conversation
Mateo and Sofía are looking at a photo album on a phone.
- MateoSofía, ¡qué bonita foto!Sofía, what a nice picture!
- SofíaGracias, Mateo, me encanta esa imagen.Thanks, Mateo, I love that image.
- Mateo¿Dónde la sacaste?Where did you take it?
- SofíaLa saqué durante mis vacaciones.I took it during my vacation.
Sources
- IPA marked “from spelling rules” is derived from standard Spanish spelling, where Wiktionary gives none.
