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Latin
Participle
novātō
- dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of novātus
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish novato (“beginner”). By surface analysis, novo + -ato.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -atu
- Hyphenation: no‧va‧to
Noun
novato m (plural novatos, feminine novata, feminine plural novatas)
- beginner; newbie (new (inexperienced) user or participant)
- Synonyms: aprendiz, calouro, galucho, iniciante, noob, noviço, principiante
- Antonym: veterano
Adjective
novato (feminine novata, masculine plural novatos, feminine plural novatas)
- inexperienced
- Synonyms: imaturo, imperito, inexperiente, ingênuo, principiante
- Antonyms: experiente, veterano
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Spanish
Etymology
From nuevo (“new”) + -ato.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /noˈbato/
- Rhymes: -ato
- Syllabification: no‧va‧to
Adjective
novato (feminine novata, masculine plural novatos, feminine plural novatas)
- newbie
Noun
novato m (plural novatos, feminine novata, feminine plural novatas)
- beginner, newbie, rookie, novice
- Synonym: principiante
- Antonym: veterano
2022 October 9, Manuel Viejo, Elisa Silió, “El difícil camino para que no se repitan los gritos del Ahuja: “Sois unas pedazo de mierdas. ¡Putas!””, in El País:Los colegiales de primero del Mendel, el centro mixto contiguo al Ahuja con el que hay pique, celebran que no ha habido novatadas, sino planes conjuntos durante dos semanas entre veteranos y novatos, pero siguen vivos ritos cuestionables.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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