novo

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese novo, from Latin novus, from Proto-Indo-European *néwos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɔbo/ [ˈnɔ.β̞ʊ]
  • Rhymes: -ɔbo
• IPA^(key): /ˈnobo/ [ˈno.β̞ʊ]
  • Rhymes: -obo
• Hyphenation: no‧vo

Noun

novo m (plural novos) (usually in the plural)

1. the young people

   Algúns vellos pensan que os novos só queren estar de troula ― Some old people think that youngsters just want to have fun

2. the new produce of a field or farm

Adjective

novo (feminine nova, masculine plural novos, feminine plural novas)

1. new

   O novo ministro prometeu o seu cargo.

   The new minister promised his position.

2. young
3. freshly made
4. brand new
5. good as new
6. belonging to the last harvest
   • 1301, X. Ferro Couselo, editor, A vida e a fala dos devanceiros. Escolma de documentos en galego dos séculos XIII ao XVI, Vigo: Galaxia, page 52:

     A Eluira, I moyo de pan do nouo, de qual ouueren, e I bacoro

     To Elvira, one modius of grain of the new [harvest], whatever species they happen to have there, and one piglet

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “novo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “novo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “novo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “novo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɔ.vo/
• Rhymes: -ɔvo
• Hyphenation: nò‧vo

Adjective

novo (feminine nova, masculine plural novi, feminine plural nove)

1. (archaic) Alternative form of nuovo
   • 1472, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Inferno, Le Monnier, published 1994, Canto XVIII, p. 268, vv. 22-23:

     A la man destra vidi nova pieta ¶ novo tormento e novi frustatori, [...]

     Upon my right hand I beheld new anguish, ¶ new torments, and new wielders of the lash, [...]

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈno.u̯oː/, [ˈnou̯oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈno.vo/, [ˈnɔːvo]

Etymology 1

From Proto-Italic *nowāō, from Proto-Indo-European *néweh₂ti, derived from *néwos (“new”), from the root *new-.

Etymology 2

References

• “novo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “novo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• novo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to introduce a new religion, a new cult: novas religiones instituere
    
  • to plot a revolution: novas res moliri (Verr. 2. 125)
    
• Words (Latin) Version 1.8

Etymology

Inherited from Latin novum (“new”).

Pronunciation

• (Galicia) IPA^(key): /ˈnɔ.βo/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈnɔ.βʊ/

Adjective

novo m (plural novos, feminine nova, feminine plural novas)

1. new

Further reading

• Universo Cantigas - "novo"

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese novo, from Latin novus (“new”), from Proto-Italic *nowos, from Proto-Indo-European *néwos (“new”). Compare Galician novo and Spanish nuevo.

Pronunciation

• (Porto) IPA^(key): [ˈnwɐ.βu]
• (Rural Central Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈno.vʷ/

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• Rhymes: -ovu, (Northern Portugal) -obu
• Hyphenation: no‧vo

Adjective

novo (feminine nova, masculine plural novos, feminine plural novas, comparable, comparative mais novo, superlative o mais novo or novíssimo, metaphonic)

1. (of things) new
   1. recently made or created

      É uma casa nova.

      It is a new house.

   2. not previously worn or used

      Comprei um carro novo.

      I bought a new car.

   Synonym: novo em folha

   1. recently discovered

      As novas ruínas vão ser úteis para os arqueólogos.

      The new ruins will be useful to archaeologists.

   2. (of a period of time, often follows the noun) new (about to begin or recently begun)

      Ano novo.

      New year.

2. (of persons or sometimes animals) young

   Ele é demasiado novo para assistir isso.

   He is too young to watch this.

   Ela é a minha irmã mais nova.

   She is my youngest sister.

   Synonyms: jovem, novato

3. original (fresh; different)

   Ideias novas para tempos novos.

   Original ideas for new times.

   Synonym: original

Noun

novo m (uncountable)

1. new ideas or things; novelties

   Synonym: novidades

   O novo me assusta.

   Novelties scare me.

Descendants

• Guinea-Bissau Creole: nobu, novu
• Kabuverdianu: nobu
• Papiamentu: nobo

Adjective

novo

1. neuter nominative/accusative/vocative singular of nov

Noun

novo (Cyrillic spelling ново)

1. vocative singular of nȏva

Adjective

novo (feminine nova, masculine plural novos, feminine plural novas)

1. Obsolete form of nuevo.

Verb

novo

1. first-person singular present indicative of novar

Alternative forms

• nóvo

Etymology

From Latin novus. Compare Italian nuovo.

Adjective

novo (feminine singular nova, masculine plural novi, feminine plural nove) (Alternative masculine plural: nuvi)

1. new