novia
See also: nòvia
Finnish
Spanish
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *novia < Latin nova. Compare Portuguese noiva. See also novio.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈnobja/ [ˈno.β̞ja]
Audio (Colombia) (file) - Rhymes: -obja
- Syllabification: no‧via
Noun
novia f (plural novias)
Usage notes
The noun novio is like most Spanish nouns with a human referent. The masculine forms are used when the referent is known to be male, a group of males, a group of mixed or unknown gender, or an individual of unknown or unspecified gender. The feminine forms are used if the referent is known to be female or a group of females.
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Tagalog: nobya
Verb
novia
- inflection of noviar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Further reading
- “novio”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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