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Q&A Is "estar de buenas" a widespread way to say "to be in a good mood"?

Recently I read in Breaking Out of Beginner's Spanish that the phrase "estar de buenas" is a common way to say something like "to be in a good mood." I've found a bit of evidence of this online in...

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#1: Initial revision by user avatar Nathaniel‭ · 2020-10-29T18:57:19Z (about 4 years ago)
Is "estar de buenas" a widespread way to say "to be in a good mood"?
Recently I read in *Breaking Out of Beginner's Spanish* that the phrase "estar de buenas" is a common way to say something like "to be in a good mood."  I've found a bit of evidence of this online in some dictionaries, but not many actual use cases (such as on [linguee](https://www.linguee.es/espanol-ingles/search?source=auto&query=%22estar+de+buenas%22)).

The author of the book seems to be most familiar with the Spanish of Mexico City.  Is this phrase used in other parts of the Spanish-speaking world?  And where it is in use, is it generally synonymous with "estar de buen humor," or should the two be distinguished?