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]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈnoj.vu/

• (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)

1. fiancé
2. groom, bridegroom

Derived terms

• noivar
• noivado

Related terms

• novo

Etymology 2

Verb

noivo

1. first-person singular present indicative of noivar

Further reading

• “noivo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “noivo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026