novia
Americannoun
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novias
plural
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a fiancée or bride.
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a girlfriend or sweetheart.
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Even though she is from Durango, this novia is named Sinaloa, for another Mexico state.
From "Beast Rider" by Tony Johnston & María Elena Fontanot de Rhoads
Salvador hoped to make Dorotea his novia, his sweetheart, but Captain Ortega would not let him court her.
From "Lupita Mañana" by Patricia Beatty
"And which one is the novia?" she asks, squinting at her nieces.
From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez
People would have thought it cute for a boy to flirt with his novia.
From "The House of the Scorpion" by Nancy Farmer
Not wanting to hear more of Salvador and a novia, Lupita said gracias to her aunt again and took the dress into the bedroom.
From "Lupita Mañana" by Patricia Beatty
Behind them was a pawnshop, and down the way Hazel’s Thrift Shop and a motel called Cinderella—not to be confused with the nearby quinceañera and bridal shop, which offers clothing for “both novias and princesas.”
From The New Yorker ● Jul. 20, 2015
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