Spanish words for kids · Greetings & manners
How to say “good night” in Spanish
Bedtime is the calmest, most repeated part of the day, which makes good night one of the easiest phrases to make stick.
Good night in Spanish
buenas noches
Sounds like ≈ BWEH-nahs NOH-chehs
Good to know: Buenas noches is both "good evening" and "good night", so you can use it from dinner onwards as well as at bedtime.
Hear it in a song
Real lines from our Spanish songs, with the English meaning shown in the app:
Buenas noches, cariño
Good night, my dear
from Cierra los Ojos (Close Your Eyes)
La noche llegó: buenas noches.
Night has come: good night.
from El Juego de los Opuestos (The Opposites Game)
Nube, buenas noches
Cloud, good night
from La Luna Plateada (The Silver Moon)
3 songs that teach it
“Good night” is one of the key words in these songs. Every line is shown in Spanish with its English meaning.
Buenas Noches
Good Night · Greetings · Free
- buenas noches · good night
- a dormir · time to sleep
- la luna · the moon
- sueña · dream
Cierra los Ojos
Close Your Eyes · Bedtime Lullabies · Free
- cierra los ojos · close your eyes
- duerme · sleep
- descansa · rest
- shh silencio · shh quiet
Dulces Sueños
Sweet Dreams · Bedtime Lullabies · Premium
- dulces sueños · sweet dreams
- sueña · dream
- nubes suaves · soft clouds
- flotar · float
Also sung in: Mi Familia, Mamá y Papá, Te Quiero, A Dormir, La Luna y las Estrellas, Mi Día, El Juego de los Opuestos, La Luna Plateada.
Practice ideas for parents
- 1Say buenas noches to each toy as it goes to bed, then to your child last.
- 2Look out of the window and wish the moon and the stars buenas noches.
- 3Keep the good-night song as the last song of the day, every day. The routine does the teaching.
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About the pronunciation: the “sounds like” spellings are rough English approximations for parents (capital letters show the stressed syllable). Spanishhas sounds English doesn't, so treat them as a starting point and let the songs be the model. Songs are original and produced with AI music tools. Ideas for using Spanish songs with your family.