nova
Spanish, noun
nova is spelled N-O-V-A (4 letters) and appears 4.7 times per million words in written Spanish, the 12,540th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Nova is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “nova” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of novar. With an accent, nová is a different word: “second-person singular voseo imperative of novar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Estrella que se vuelve extremadamente brillante para unos pocos días por una explosión termonuclear en la…”.
What does nova mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininenova
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
second-person singular voseo imperative of novar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Estrella que se vuelve extremadamente brillante para unos pocos días por una explosión termonuclear en la superficie.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of nova
- novas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to nova
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is nova in Spanish?
nova appears 4.7 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).