novia
See also: nòvia
Finnish
Noun
novia
- partitive plural of nova
Anagrams
- aivon, avion, avoin, nivoa, oivan, ovina, vaino, vaoin, vinoa, voina
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)
- female equivalent of novio, girlfriend
- female equivalent of novio, fiancée
- Synonym: prometida
- (wedding) female equivalent of novio, bride
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
- compuesto y sin novia
- noviecita
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