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nuevo

Spanish, adjective/ˈnwebo/

nuevo is spelled N-U-E-V-O (5 letters) and appears 589 times per million words in written Spanish, the 139th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Nuevo is a Spanish adjective meaning “new” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Que tiene poco tiempo de existencia”.

What does nuevo mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    new

  2. 2

    brand new, all-new

  3. 3

    fresh

    un nuevo comienzo

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Que tiene poco tiempo de existencia. 2. Dicho de una situación: que no se había experimentado previamente o que introduce información nueva significativa. 3. Recién salido de fábrica o acabado de comprar. 4. Que se estrena por primera vez.

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 nuevo

  • nueva feminine
  • nuevos masculine plural
  • nuevas feminine plural
  • novísimo superlative
  • nuevísimo superlative

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce nuevo?

  • /ˈnwebo/
  • [ˈnwe.β̞o]
  • [ˈnweβ̞o]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to nuevo

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is nuevo in Spanish?

nuevo appears 589 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).

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