Te pongas buena
¿Te pongas buena? Que te pongas buena.
Is this like, Are you feeling well? Hope you feel well? Gracias.
10 Answers
Don't overlook the pronominal meaning of ponerse=to become. to get
Que te pongas buenas.
May you get well. May you become well.
(de salud)
- ponerse malo o enfermo -> to fall ill
- ponerse bien -> to get better
I would translate this as "¿Are you getting? I hope you're getting better."
This is like a lot of phrases in Spanish (or any other language). It doesn't translate well; you have to understand the feel of the expression. In this case, someone is asking about your health, and wishing you good health.
I'm sorry, fellas. I can't say I fully agree with any of the answers. The problem I have is with "¿Te pongas buena?" By itself, I do not recognize that as a correct Spanish construction no matter what.
It is possible that in some places people may say something like "Deseo que te pongas buena", or "¿te vas a poner buena?", whereby "poner buena" may be understood as "get well".
However, no Spanish speaker I know would ever ask the question "¿Te pongas buena?" just like that - unless it is to make sure that he/she clearly heard that the other person really said something as odd as that. Eg:
- "Francisco dice que desea que te pongas buena"
- "¿Te pongas buena?" "¿Y eso qué quiere decir?"
In my side of the world, at least, it is much more common and natural to say: "Espero que te pongas bien", "Deseo que te recuperes pronto"; "¿Te pondrás bien?". Never "te pongas buena".
Furthermore, in my side of the world "estar buena" or "ponerse buena" more generally refers to the physical traits of a really attractive woman, than her state of health:
¡"Es que Francisca está buenísima!" - "Francisca is really hot!"
In Spain we do use the affirmative:
¡Qué te pongas buena pronto, que hay una fiesta el sábado!
Somehow we do use buena here, we also use bien. The most colloquial form would maybe be:
¡Qué te mejores!
I have to agree with Heidita. Other ways of saying the same thing are: "Que te sientas mejor" or "Que te repongas".
To me, and this could be because I'm from Mexico, "buena" in the initial example sounds like the colloquial meaning for "good looking", not "well". Regardless, none of the initial examples sound correct. People may understand what you're saying, but with difficulty.
The following descibes the diffrence betwen Good and Well in English. Does the same apply to "Bien" and "Bueno/a" in Spanish?
Good
Good is an adjective, which means that it modifies nouns.
*This is a good movie
What a good idea!
You speak good English*
Good can be used with copular verbs (that is, verbs which express a state of being, such as to be, to seem, and to appear), but it is still an adjective modifying a noun, not a verb.
*This movie is good
His ideas are good
Your English is good*
Well
Well is an adverb, which means that it modifies verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs.
*Did the movie do well at the box office?
It was a well-defined idea
You speak English well*
Well can be used as an adjective to mean "in good health."
*You look well
I don't feel well*
The Bottom Line
The confusion between good and well comes from their similar meanings, and a general confusion between adjectives and adverbs. Take a moment to think about what the word is modifying: if it's a verb, you'd do well to use well; otherwise, the good choice is good.
It was from a TV show so likely bad Spanish.
Espero que te mejores pronto= Hope you get better soon.
Hope you get better= que te mejores
hope you get better soon.
Got it, so it's "Do you become well" = "Are you getting better". Thanks guys.
I wonder what the question for would be though..........she asks another girl very seriously "¿Te pongas buena?". Did you get well? I guess that's it. Gracias.
