no era muy bueno

wasn't very good

→ no

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wasn't very good Used to say that something or someone was not very good in the past. The subject can be understood from context; bueno agrees with the subject in gender and number.

SP: El restaurante no era muy bueno.

EN: The restaurant wasn't very good.

En la Academia me dijeron que mi estilo no era muy bueno.

At the academy, they told me my style wasn't very good.

— Los falsificadores (2007)

Tom no era muy bueno para leer entre líneas.

Tom wasn't very good at reading between the lines.

El cuadro que él había pintado no era muy bueno, así que nadie lo alabó.

The painting he had painted wasn’t very good, so no one praised it.

Pero yo no era muy bueno.

But I wasn't very good.

— La cinta blanca (2009)

No era muy bueno.

It wasn’t very good.

El vino no era muy bueno.

The wine wasn’t very good.

Yo no era muy bueno bailando cuando era adolescente.

I wasn't very good at dancing when I was a teenager.