novia

== Chavacano == === Etymology === Inherited from Spanish novia (“girlfriend”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈnobja/, [ˈno.bja] Hyphenation: no‧via === Noun === novia girlfriend fiancée ==== Coordinate terms ==== novio == Finnish == === Noun === novia partitive plural of nova === Anagrams === aivon, avion, avoin, nivoa, oivan, ovina, vaino, vaoin, vinoa, voina == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈnobja/ [ˈno.β̞ja] Rhymes: -obja Syllabification: no‧via === Etymology 1 === From Vulgar Latin *novia < Latin nova. Compare Portuguese noiva. See also novio. ==== Noun ==== novia f (plural novias) female equivalent of novio, girlfriend female equivalent of novio, fiancée Synonym: prometida (wedding) female equivalent of novio, bride (El Salvador) a type of sweet roll ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== → Tagalog: nobya === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== novia inflection of noviar: third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative === Further reading === “novio”, 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 “novia”, 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