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noia

See also: Noia and noïa

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See the proposals listed at noi.

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noia f (plural noies, masculine noi)

  1. girl, young woman
  2. slowworm
    Synonym: vidriol

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From paranoia.

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noia c (singular definite noiaen, not used in plural form)

  1. (slang) paranoia (chiefly in a non-medical context)

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Probably from Old Occitan enoja, from enojar, ultimately from Latin inodiō. See more at annoiare. Cognate with French ennui, Spanish enojo, Portuguese nojo and Galician noxo.

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noia f (plural noie)

  1. (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?
  2. boredom, tediousness
    Synonym: tedio
  3. bore, yawn, drag
    Synonyms: rottura, scocciatura, seccatura
  4. nuisance, bother, trouble, hassle
    Synonyms: fastidio, rottura, scocciatura, seccatura, guaio
    Le dà noia? ― Does it bother you? (literally, “Does it give you trouble?”)

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Clipping of paranoia.

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noia m (definite singular noiaen, uncountable)

  1. (colloquial) distress, anguish
  2. (colloquial) frustration

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Clipping of paranoia, in reference to drug-induced paranoia.

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noia m or f (plural noias)

  1. (Brazil, slang) (often excessively) drug-addicted
  2. (Brazil, slang) stoned; doped
  3. (Brazil, slang, sometimes pejorative) crazy; mad
  4. (Brazil, slang, derogatory) stupid; fool

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noia m or f by sense (plural noias)

  1. (Brazil, slang) a drug-addicted person
  2. (Brazil, slang) a person under the effects of one or more drugs
  3. (Brazil, slang) a crazy or mad person
  4. (Brazil, slang) a stupid, foolish or uncivilized person
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