bienestar

Asturian

Noun

bienestar m (plural bienestares)

1. well-being (state of health, happiness and/or prosperity)

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *dewh₂-der.?

Proto-Italic *dwenos

Old Latin duenos

Old Latin *duenēd

Latin bene

Old Spanish bien

Spanish bien

Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti

Proto-Indo-European *-yeti

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti

Proto-Indo-European *sth₂éh₁yeti

Proto-Italic *staējō

Proto-Italic *staēō

Latin stō, stare

Old Spanish estar

Spanish estar

Spanish bienestar

From bien + estar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bjenesˈtaɾ/ [bje.nesˈt̪aɾ]

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• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: bie‧nes‧tar, bien‧es‧tar

Noun

bienestar m (plural bienestares)

1. well-being; welfare

Derived terms

• economía del bienestar
• estado de bienestar, estado del bienestar

Related terms

• malestar

Further reading

• “bienestar”, 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