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