buenas noticias

Spanish

Etymology

Calque of Latin bonus nuntius (“good news”), literal translation of Ancient Greek εὐαγγέλιον (euangélion, “good news”). Cognate with English gospel and good news, French bonne nouvelle, Portuguese boas novas, and Italian buone notizie.

Noun

buenas noticias f pl (plural only)

1. (Christianity) good news (The message of Jesus concerning the salvation of the faithful)
   • 2019, Watchtower Bible and Tract Society, Traducción del Nuevo Mundo de las Santas Escrituras, Mateo 24:14:

     Y las buenas noticias del Reino se predicarán en toda la tierra habitada para testimonio a todas las naciones, y entonces vendrá el fin.

     And this good news of the Kingdom will be preached in all the inhabited earth for a witness to all the nations, and then the end will come.

   Como cristianos, nosotros predicamos las buenas noticias a todos.

   As Christians, we preach the good news to everyone.

2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see bueno,‎ noticia; good news

   Synonyms: buenas nuevas, buenas nueva, evangelio

Usage notes

• Buenas noticias is slowly replacing Buenas nuevas as the preferred way to refer to the Christian gospel.