marinovio
التعريفات والمعاني
== Spanish ==
=== Etymology ===
Blend of marido (“husband”) + novio (“boyfriend”).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /maɾiˈnobjo/ [ma.ɾiˈno.β̞jo]
Rhymes: -objo
Syllabification: ma‧ri‧no‧vio
=== Noun ===
marinovio m (plural marinovios, feminine marinovia, feminine plural marinovias) (colloquial)
(Ecuador, Cuba, Venezuela) a partner; a person with whom one maintains a stable romantic and sexual relationship without getting married
(Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Puerto Rico, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Peru) boyfriend or girlfriend who has a marital relationship and live with their couple
=== Further reading ===
“marinovio”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
“marinovio”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010