nuevo
new
Describing something as new
Encoding Strategies:
linguistic
novice
someone new
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-o
adjective suffix
Nuevo means new turns the English word novice0 into an an adjective1, as a novice is someone who is new at something.
nuevo
new
Something recently made or experienced for the first time.
- Llegó el empleado nuevo = The new employee arrived
new, next, another, different (before noun)
Placed before the noun, the focus shifts to the newness — the fact that something has changed or been replaced — rather than describing the noun itself as brand new.
- un coche nuevo = a brand-new car
- un nuevo coche = a different car (a new car)
de nuevo
again, once more
De means "of" or "from" and is used to specify the source or origin of something. Nuevo without a noun or article here refers to newness as an abstract concept rather than describing something specific. Together it's literally "from newness" — doing something again as if from a fresh starting point.
- Lo hice de nuevo = I did it again
- Lo haré de nuevo = I will do it once more