El precio del vestido es bueno.

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Breakdown of El precio del vestido es bueno.

• bueno: good
• el vestido: the dress
• el precio: the price
• de: of

Questions & Answers about El precio del vestido es bueno.

Why is the phrase del vestido used instead of de el vestido?

In Spanish, de el is almost always contracted into del. So, de el vestido becomes del vestido. This contraction is mandatory when el is the article (not a pronoun).

Why do we say es bueno and not está bueno in this context?

Es is used for more permanent or inherent characteristics (here, it’s describing the overall value/quality of the price), whereas está often indicates a temporary state or condition. Since the price being good is considered an inherent attribute rather than a momentary condition, es is correct.

Can I use bueno as buen before precio?

When bueno goes before a singular masculine noun, it often shortens to buen. However, in this sentence, bueno describes the price using the verb es rather than directly modifying the noun. If you wrote: Es un buen precio, you would use buen. But here, bueno is used as a predicate adjective, so it remains bueno.

Why is it el precio and not la precio, given that vestido is a masculine word?

Words have their own grammatical genders independently of the nouns they describe. Precio is a masculine noun; hence it takes the masculine article el. The fact that vestido is also masculine doesn’t really affect precio’s article. Both happen to be masculine nouns.

Is there any difference between saying el precio del vestido es bueno and el precio del vestido está bien?

They are often used similarly in casual conversation, but es bueno focuses on the quality or value (the price is “good” in an overall sense), while está bien suggests it’s acceptable or okay at the moment. Es bueno is generally more common for talking about a favorable price.