novato
Spanish, noun/noˈbato/
novato is spelled N-O-V-A-T-O (6 letters) and appears 3.0 times per million words in written Spanish, the 17,054th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Novato is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “beginner, newbie, rookie, novice” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does novato mean in English?
adjective
- 1
newbie
noun
- 1
masculinebeginner, newbie, rookie, novice
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Que se inicia o carece de experiencia en una disciplina, profesión o actividad.
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 novato
- novata feminine
- novatos masculine plural
- novatas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce novato?
- /noˈbato/
- [noˈβ̞a.t̪o]
- [noˈβ̞at̪o]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to novato
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is novato in Spanish?
novato appears 3.0 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).