Etymology

no bueno

Today it means: Not good; no good; bad. Full definition →

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The story

Pseudo-Hispanism, derived from no + bueno, a calque of no good. The closest equivalent to the adjective in Spanish is no estar bien (literally, “to not be good”); however it is a phrase rather than an adjective.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.