joven

See also: Joven

Portuguese

Adjective

joven m or f (plural jovens)

  1. obsolete spelling of jovem

Noun

joven m or f by sense (plural jovens)

  1. obsolete spelling of jovem

Spanish

Etymology

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

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

Adjective

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.
    • 2024 October 20, EFE, “Nueva caravana migrante con miles de personas sale de la frontera sur de México hacia Estados Unidos”, in CNN en Español‎[1]:
      El joven venezolano David Josué García Chirino, de 18 años, compartió a Efe su deseo de poder estudiar en el país norteamericano, traer a su familia y ofrecerle una vida diferente.
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Noun

joven m or f by sense (plural jóvenes)

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

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1984) “joven”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), volume III (G–Ma), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 529

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