joven

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Portuguese[edit]

Adjective[edit]

joven m or f (plural jovens)

  1. Obsolete spelling of jovem

Noun[edit]

joven m or f by sense (plural jovens)

  1. Obsolete spelling of jovem

Spanish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin iuvenis. First attested in 1251. Coromines calls it 'semi-learned' on account of the preservation of /e/, the expected development being *jovene > *jovne > *jone; also because it was quite rare until the seventeenth century, the general term until then having been mozo.[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈxoben/ [ˈxo.β̞ẽn]
  • Audio (Colombia):(file)
  • Rhymes: -oben
  • Syllabification: jo‧ven

Adjective[edit]

joven m or f (masculine and feminine plural jóvenes, superlative jovencísimo)

  1. young, youthful
    Synonym: juvenil
    Antonyms: anciano, maduro, viejo
    Mis tías son jóvenes.
    My aunts are young.

Noun[edit]

joven m or f by sense (plural jóvenes)

  1. youth, young person, youngster
    Synonyms: muchacho, muchacha

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References[edit]

  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1984) “joven”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volumes III (G–Ma), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 529

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