nueva

/ˈnweba/ · A1 · noun · f

news

📰 nueva = the new thing: Latin nova, same root as English new and novel

Nueva is the feminine of nuevo (new) used as a noun: a new thing, hence a piece of news. English does the same trick, since news is just new + s. Latin o became Spanish ue under stress: nova → nueva.

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