novio

American  

[naw-vyaw, noh-vee-oh] / ˈnɔ vjɔ, ˈnoʊ viˌoʊ /

noun

Spanish.

• novios
  plural

1. a fiancé or bridegroom.

2. a boyfriend or sweetheart.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• novios
  plural

Example Sentences

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novio novios

Their chief talk is of lovers in the two stages of pretendiente and novio, and they are full of hints and imputations to one another of love affairs.

From A Woman's Impression of the Philippines by Mary Helen Fee

A fe mia—in all your life but one novio?

From Play the Game! by Ruth Comfort Mitchell

And he not even her novio as far as the world knew!

From Nostromo, a Tale of the Seaboard by Joseph Conrad

"He's a splendour, your novio, Manuelita," said Sister Chucha, and emphasised her approval with a kiss.

From The Spanish Jade by William Henry Hyde

I shall not forget the expression with which a Sevillian belle, an exquisite dancer, watched her novio as, red and perspiring, he flung his stout legs valiantly through the mazes of the jota.

From Spanish Highways and Byways by Katharine Lee Bates

As for Raul, he offered me his class ring & wanted us to be novios.

From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez

The sky Is almost blue and A blessed wind Has cooled the hallway The high school novios Are now married, Belinda and Rudolfo.

From "Neighborhood Odes" by Gary Soto

They are interested in my pretty novios and will timidly help us.

From Jane Journeys On by Ruth Comfort Mitchell

They would often alight, and while her mother and small sister loitered far behind, the happy novios were allowed to ramble side by side through the lovely paths.

From Heroic Spain by Elizabeth Boyle O'Reilly

I was so pleased with him and so fond of him and so happy over my novios that I couldn't keep my beautiful plan a secret any longer.

From Jane Journeys On by Ruth Comfort Mitchell