noivo

Portuguese

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese novio, from Vulgar Latin *novius, from Latin novus (“new”). Compare with the Spanish novio.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈnoj.vu/ [ˈnoɪ̯.vu]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈnoj.vo/ [ˈnoɪ̯.vo]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈnoj.vu/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈnoj.bu/ [ˈnoj.βu]

Hyphenation: noi‧vo

Noun

noivo m (plural noivos, feminine noiva, feminine plural noivas)

fiancé
groom, bridegroom

Derived terms

Related terms

novo

Verb

noivo

first-person singular present indicative of noivar

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