The idea of good can be linked to goodness.
Good is an adjective that allows us to refer to that which has goodness and, therefore, is useful, pleasant , tasty, tasty, fun or appetizing. The term comes from the Latin bonus . For example: “The punk rock band has presented a very good album,” “These pants came out well, they are more than three years old and I still wear them.”
In the case of a person, someone who is good is someone who shows a natural tendency to do good : “Miguel is good, he lent me a hundred pesos to buy the remedies even though he doesn't know if I will be able to pay them back,” “Marta believes that I'm good because yesterday I yelled at him, but he doesn't know that I was nervous about my uncle's health."
Good is also what goes beyond the ordinary : “Your son gave me a good scare when he put on that mask,” “Good was the blow I gave myself yesterday when I slipped in the yard of my house.”
The good according to philosophy
Philosophy highlights that the concept of good is tautological and redundant: good is what is good .
Notions such as good and goodness can be defined in opposition to others such as bad and evil . In this way, it can be said that good is that which is not bad and vice versa: “Isabel is good since she shared her candy with me,” “Isabel is bad since she did not invite me candy.”
Something good is positive.
Other uses of the term
In the same way, we cannot ignore the fact that the term good is also used with other meanings. Thus, for example, it is common, mainly in colloquial settings, for this adjective to be used to make it clear that something or someone is in good health. That is, in that case it acts as a synonym for healthy .
Furthermore, it is important to establish that this concept at hand also has the capacity to function as an interjection . So, in this case, it basically has the same meaning as the interjection “enough.”
But there is still more. The term good is often used in Mexico with a very specific meaning. More precisely, we can determine that in said country it is common for it to be used as an interjection and specifically it is used to respond to a telephone call .
Precisely in the colloquial sphere it is important that we also make the expression “good guy” clear. It is fundamentally used to make it clear that a man or boy is attractive and has a physique that is within all the aesthetic canons of the moment. So, for example, for many David Beckham is a "good guy" .
The surname Bueno
All this without forgetting that throughout history there have been countless famous people who have had the word good as their last name . Among the examples that we can cite are the following: the philosopher Gustavo Bueno Martínez , the Madrid soccer player Alberto Bueno , the journalist Pepa Bueno and even the model Jessica Bueno .
Finally, it should be noted that in Argentina , Mexico and Uruguay, the game played to break the tie is known as good: “Your team won the first game and mine won the second: now we are going to play the good game.”