joven
young
Reviewed by: David WestfallCofounder
Young in age or in look
Encoding Strategies:
linguistic
visual
juvenile
not yet an adult
Joven means young and is related to the English word juvenile0, which is what you call someone still too young to count as an adult.
joven
young (age)
Describes someone who is young and has not lived very long yet.
Mi hermano es muy joven todavíaMy brother is still very young
Compraron la casa cuando eran jóvenesThey bought the house when they were young
young, youthful (look or style)
Describes someone who looks or feels the way a young person does, whatever the real age.
Tu madre se ve muy jovenYour mother looks very young
Lleva un corte de pelo jovenShe has a youthful haircut
el joven / la joven
young man, young woman, young person
Adding el or la turns the adjective into a person, so "young" becomes "the young one." El points to a young man, la to a young woman, and the plural to young people in general.
El joven me ayudó a subir las maletasThe young man helped me carry the suitcases up
La joven de la tienda habla tres idiomasThe young woman at the shop speaks three languages