noiva

Portuguese

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese novia, from a Vulgar Latin root novia, from Latin nova, possibly influenced by nupta. Compare Spanish novia.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈnoj.vɐ/ [ˈnoɪ̯.vɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈnoj.vɐ/ [ˈnoɪ̯.vɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈnoj.va/ [ˈnoɪ̯.va]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈnoj.vɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈnoj.vɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈnoj.bɐ/ [ˈnoj.βɐ]

• Hyphenation: noi‧va

Noun

noiva f (plural noivas)

1. bride (female equivalent of noivo)
2. fiancée (an engaged woman about to marry)

Etymology 2

Verb

noiva

1. inflection of noivar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative