Masculine
joven
Sentences
Meaning
Concepts
young woman
young person
young boy
fille
young male
male child
Opposite of
anciano, maduro, viejo
Synonyms
hombre joven
jóven
joven varón
mujer joven
de pocos años
adolescente mujer
animal joven
de tamaño mediano
objeto de tamaño mediano
muchacho adolescente
muchacho de 9 a 14 años
niño varón
joven mujer
niña de poca edad
varón joven
Young
chavea
moacho
pelaito
Translations
Frequency
Hyphenated as
jo‧ven
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈxoben/
Etymology
In summary
From Latin iuvenis. First attested in 1251. Coromines calls it 'semi-learned' on account of the preservation of /e/, the expected development being *jovene > *jovne > *jone; also because it was quite rare until the seventeenth century, the general term until then having been mozo.
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