buen traje
/bwen tɾaxe/from spelling rules
The English phrase "nice suit" is translated into Spanish as buen traje.
Use buen traje to pay a compliment to someone wearing an attractive or high-quality suit.
Which one should you use?
While buen traje implies that the suit is of good quality or appearance, if you specifically want to emphasize that the suit is "pretty" or "handsome", you would use bonito traje instead.
How does it change in a sentence?
In this phrase, the adjective buen is the shortened form of bueno used specifically before a masculine singular noun. To turn the phrase into an exclamation such as "What a nice suit!", you can add qué to the beginning to say qué buen traje.
Did you know?
- A traje de luces, or 'suit of lights', is the highly specific and ornate costume worn by bullfighters, designed to shimmer under the sun.
- While buen traje is a compliment on quality, using the word traje in a sentence can be confusing because it is also the first-person past tense of the verb 'to bring' (traer).
- In Spanish, traje is used for any traditional regional outfit, such as traje típico, regardless of whether the garment is actually a jacket and trousers.
Examples in context
- ¡Qué traje tan elegante!What an elegant suit!
- Me encanta su trajeI love your suit
- Estás muy distinguido(a) con ese trajeYou look very distinguished in that suit.
- ¡Qué traje tan chévere!What a cool suit!
- Me gusta tu trajeI like your suit.
- Me encanta su traje. Le queda muy bien.I love your suit. It looks great on you.
- ¡Qué buen traje llevas!What a nice suit you are wearing!
- Ese es un buen traje para la boda.That is a nice suit for the wedding.
- Él siempre lleva un buen traje.He always wears a nice suit.
Example conversation
Alejandro and Lucía are meeting for a formal event.
- AlejandroHola, Lucía. Te ves muy bien.Hello, Lucía. You look very good.
- LucíaGracias, Alejandro. Qué buen traje llevas.Thank you, Alejandro. What a nice suit you're wearing.
- AlejandroGracias, es nuevo.Thank you, it is new.
- LucíaTe queda perfecto.It fits you perfectly.
Sources
- IPA marked “from spelling rules” is derived from standard Spanish spelling, where Wiktionary gives none.
