noviar

Spanish

Etymology

From novio +‎ -ar.

Verb

noviar (first-person singular present novio, first-person singular preterite novié, past participle noviado)

1. (rare in Mexico, Nicaragua, Cuba, Bolivia, Chile and Rioplatense, obsolete in Costa Rica) to date; go steady with

Conjugation

    Conjugation of noviar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			noviar
gerund			noviando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		noviado		noviada
		plural		noviados		noviadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	novio	noviastú noviásvos	novia	noviamos	noviáis	novian
	imperfect	noviaba	noviabas	noviaba	noviábamos	noviabais	noviaban
	preterite	novié	noviaste	novió	noviamos	noviasteis	noviaron
	future	noviaré	noviarás	noviará	noviaremos	noviaréis	noviarán
	conditional	noviaría	noviarías	noviaría	noviaríamos	noviaríais	noviarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	novie	noviestú noviésvos2	novie	noviemos	noviéis	novien
	imperfect (ra)	noviara	noviaras	noviara	noviáramos	noviarais	noviaran
	imperfect (se)	noviase	noviases	noviase	noviásemos	noviaseis	noviasen
	future1	noviare	noviares	noviare	noviáremos	noviareis	noviaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		noviatú noviávos	novie	noviemos	noviad	novien
	negative		no novies	no novie	no noviemos	no noviéis	no novien

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of noviar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive noviar	dative	noviarme	noviarte	noviarle, noviarse	noviarnos	noviaros	noviarles, noviarse
	accusative	noviarme	noviarte	noviarlo, noviarla, noviarse	noviarnos	noviaros	noviarlos, noviarlas, noviarse
with gerund noviando	dative	noviándome	noviándote	noviándole, noviándose	noviándonos	noviándoos	noviándoles, noviándose
	accusative	noviándome	noviándote	noviándolo, noviándola, noviándose	noviándonos	noviándoos	noviándolos, noviándolas, noviándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative novia	dative	nóviame	nóviate	nóviale	nóvianos	not used	nóviales
	accusative	nóviame	nóviate	nóvialo, nóviala	nóvianos	not used	nóvialos, nóvialas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative noviá	dative	noviame	noviate	noviale	novianos	not used	noviales
	accusative	noviame	noviate	novialo, noviala	novianos	not used	novialos, novialas
with formal second-person singular imperative novie	dative	nóvieme	not used	nóviele, nóviese	nóvienos	not used	nóvieles
	accusative	nóvieme	not used	nóvielo, nóviela, nóviese	nóvienos	not used	nóvielos, nóvielas
with first-person plural imperative noviemos	dative	not used	noviémoste	noviémosle	noviémonos	noviémoos	noviémosles
	accusative	not used	noviémoste	noviémoslo, noviémosla	noviémonos	noviémoos	noviémoslos, noviémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative noviad	dative	noviadme	not used	noviadle	noviadnos	noviaos	noviadles
	accusative	noviadme	not used	noviadlo, noviadla	noviadnos	noviaos	noviadlos, noviadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative novien	dative	nóvienme	not used	nóvienle	nóviennos	not used	nóvienles, nóviense
	accusative	nóvienme	not used	nóvienlo, nóvienla	nóviennos	not used	nóvienlos, nóvienlas, nóviense

Further reading

• “noviar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
• “noviar”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010