अच्छा होता

would be good

→ अच्छा
phrase Rare #7,191
would be good With है, अच्छा होता है means “is good.” Without है, it often expresses a suggestion or a hypothetical judgment.
HI: तुम्हारा पहले बता देना अच्छा होता।
EN: It would have been good if you had told me earlier.

सच बोलो, सच अच्छा होता है।

Tell the truth; honesty is the best policy.

एक बार आप लोग गीत से बात कर लेते तो अच्छा होता।

It would have been better if you’d talked to Geet first.

— Jab We Met (2007)

अगर हमें हमारे बचपन में रैना मिलते, तो कितना आसान और अच्छा होता हमारा बचपन।

If we’d had Raina in our childhood, our childhood would have been so much easier and better.

— Tribhanga (2021)

अरे वो बेचारा मर गया, उससे अच्छा होता कि तू मर जाता।

Oh, that poor guy died. It would have been better if you had died instead.

— तुम्बाड (2018)

लेकिन फिर भी अपनी तरफ़ से कह देना अच्छा होता है।

But still, it would have been nice if you’d said it yourself.

— Sholay (1975)