noia
Catalan edit
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Etymology edit
See the proposals listed at noi.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
noia f (plural noies, masculine noi)
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Further reading edit
- “noia” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Danish edit
Etymology edit
From paranoia.
Noun edit
noia c (singular definite noiaen, not used in plural form)
Italian edit
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Etymology edit
Probably from Old Occitan enoja, from enojar. See more at annoiare. Cognate with French ennui.
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Noun edit
noia f (plural noie)
- (obsolete) anguish, sorrow
- mid 1300s–mid 1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto I”, in Inferno [Hell][1], lines 76–78; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate][2], 2nd revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:
- Ma tu perché ritorni a tanta noia? / perché non sali il dilettoso monte / ch’è principio e cagion di tutta gioia?
- But why do you go back to such anguish? Why don't you climb the delightful mount which is the source and cause of every joy?
- boredom, tediousness
- Synonym: tedio
- bore, yawn, drag
- Synonyms: rottura, scocciatura, seccatura
- nuisance, bother, trouble, hassle
- Synonyms: fastidio, rottura, scocciatura, seccatura, guaio
- Le dà noia? ― Does it bother you? (literally, “Does it give you trouble?”)
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- noia on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia it
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Norwegian Nynorsk edit
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Noun edit
noia m (definite singular noiaen, uncountable)
Portuguese edit
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Etymology edit
Clipping of paranoia, in reference to drug-induced paranoia.
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Adjective edit
noia m or f (plural noias)
- (Brazil, slang) (often excessively) drug-addicted
- (Brazil, slang) stoned; doped
- (Brazil, slang, sometimes pejorative) crazy; mad
- (Brazil, slang, derogatory) stupid; fool
Noun edit
noia m or f by sense (plural noias)