novio
Americannoun
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a fiancé or bridegroom.
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a boyfriend or sweetheart.
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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 Bates, Katharine Lee
And he not even her novio as far as the world knew!
From Nostromo, a Tale of the Seaboard by Conrad, Joseph
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 Fee, Mary Helen
You’re just the woman to be a naval officer’s wife; and when your novio gets command of a ship, I suppose you’ll be for circumnavigating the world with him.”
From The Flag of Distress A Story of the South Sea by Reid, Mayne
Then follow ranks of taper-bearing soldiers, and my friends in the balcony call proudly down to different officers, a son, a husband, a blushing novio, whom they present to me then and there.
From Spanish Highways and Byways by Bates, Katharine Lee
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
As for Raul, he offered me his class ring & wanted us to be novios.
From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez
They are interested in my pretty novios and will timidly help us.
From Jane Journeys On by Mitchell, Ruth Comfort
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 O'Reilly, Elizabeth Boyle
As for me—as for my own little affair—I'm pushing that away, until my novios are safe.
From Jane Journeys On by Mitchell, Ruth Comfort
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