noviar
Spanish, verb/noˈbjaɾ/
noviar is spelled N-O-V-I-A-R (6 letters) and appears about once in every 19 million words in written Spanish, the 158,678th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Noviar is a Spanish verb meaning “to date; go steady with” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Estar de novio”.
What does noviar mean in English?
verb
- 1
obsoleterareto date; go steady with
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Estar de novio.
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 noviar
- novio first-person present singular
- novié first-person preterite singular
- noviado participle past
- noviando gerund
- noviada feminine participle past
- noviados masculine participle past
- noviadas feminine participle past
- novias indicative informal present
- noviás indicative informal present
- novia indicative present singular
- noviamos first-person indicative plural
- noviáis indicative plural present
- novian indicative plural present
- noviaba first-person imperfect indicative
- noviabas imperfect indicative second-person
- noviábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- noviabais imperfect indicative plural
- noviaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce noviar?
- /noˈbjaɾ/
- [noˈβ̞jaɾ]
- [noβ̞iˈaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is noviar in Spanish?
noviar appears about once in every 19 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).