novato
See also: Novato
Latin
Participle
novātō
- dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of novātus
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish novato (“beginner”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /noˈva.tu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /noˈva.to/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /nuˈva.tu/
- Rhymes: -atu
Noun
novato m (plural novatos, feminine novata, feminine plural novatas)
- beginner; newbie (new (inexperienced) user or participant)
- Synonyms: aprendiz, calouro, galucho, iniciante, noob, noviço, principiante
- Antonym: veterano
Adjective
novato (feminine novata, masculine plural novatos, feminine plural novatas)
- inexperienced
- Synonyms: imaturo, imperito, inexperiente, ingênuo, principiante
- Antonyms: experiente, veterano
Related terms
- novel
- novo
Further reading
- “novato” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2023.
- “novato” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
Spanish
Etymology
nuevo (“new”) + -ato
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /noˈbato/ [noˈβ̞a.t̪o]
- Rhymes: -ato
- Syllabification: no‧va‧to
Adjective
novato (feminine novata, masculine plural novatos, feminine plural novatas)
- newbie
Noun
novato m (plural novatos, feminine novata, feminine plural novatas)
- beginner, newbie, rookie, novice
- Synonym: principiante
- Antonym: veterano
- 2022 October 9, Manuel Viejo; Elisa Silió, “El difícil camino para que no se repitan los gritos del Ahuja: “Sois unas pedazo de mierdas. ¡Putas!””, in El País:
- Los colegiales de primero del Mendel, el centro mixto contiguo al Ahuja con el que hay pique, celebran que no ha habido novatadas, sino planes conjuntos durante dos semanas entre veteranos y novatos, pero siguen vivos ritos cuestionables.
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Derived terms
- novatada
Related terms
- novedad
Descendants
- → Portuguese: novato
Further reading
- “novato”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014