Spanish Adjective: Bien

Pronunciation: Bee-ayn

Translation: Very

Function: Adjective

‘Bien’ [good] has a second meaning: [very] and it is very much alive in the Spanish language. You can find in food praising ‘está bien rico’ [it is very tasty] or -for example- in the time of day: ‘ya es bien tarde’ [it is very late already]

This adjective works very much like the word “well”, but it has to appear before the adjective to function as “very” -and praising something too-

Example:

Es un muchacho bien malo

Translation:

He is a very bad boy