tuanis

== Spanish == === Alternative forms === tuani === Etymology === Originally the plural of the malespín form of bueno. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtwanis/ [ˈt̪wa.nis] Rhymes: -anis Syllabification: tua‧nis === Adjective === tuanis (invariable) (El Salvador, Honduras, colloquial) of excellent quality; of a nice nature (said of a thing) Me pasó algo tuanis. ― Something nice happened to me. 2005-07-21, user "Fátima" on the ayvevos.com forum (primarily a Salvadoran forum) (El Salvador, obsolete, colloquial) of a good, kind personality (said of a person) Ese tu amigo es bien tuanis ― That friend of yours is such a good person. (Honduras, Nicaragua, colloquial) Cool (fashionable) Synonyms: see Thesaurus:guay ¡Qué tuanis! ― That's so cool! (Costa Rica, colloquial) Nice, agreeable, giving a general sense of well-being, cool ==== Usage notes ==== The word is largely obsolete in El Salvador, but it is common in Nicaragua and Costa Rica. === Further reading === “tuanis”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025 “tuanis”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010