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 nuevoThe 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 nuevoa brand-new car
un nuevo cochea 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 nuevoI did it again
Lo haré de nuevoI will do it once more