noia

Alternative forms

• noya (obsolete)

Etymology

See the proposals listed at noi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈnɔ.jə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈnɔ.ja]

• Audio (Central):

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Noun

noia f (plural noies, masculine noi)

1. girl, young woman
2. slowworm

   Synonym: vidriol

Further reading

• “noia” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Etymology

From paranoia.

Noun

noia c (singular definite noiaen, not used in plural form)

1. (slang) paranoia (chiefly in a non-medical context)

Alternative forms

• noja

Etymology

Probably from Old Occitan enoja, from enojar, ultimately from Latin inodiō. See more at annoiare. Cognate with French ennui, Spanish enojo, Portuguese nojo and Galician noxo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɔ.ja/
• Rhymes: -ɔja
• Hyphenation: nò‧ia

• Audio:

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Noun

noia f (plural noie)

1. boredom, tediousness

   Synonym: tedio

2. bore, yawn, drag

   Synonyms: rottura, scocciatura, seccatura

3. nuisance, bother, trouble, hassle

   Synonyms: fastidio, rottura, scocciatura, seccatura, guaio

   Le dà noia? ― Does it bother you? (literally, “Does it give you trouble?”)

4. (obsolete) anguish, sorrow
   • 1300s–1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto I”, in Inferno [Hell]‎, lines 76–78; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate]‎, 2^nd revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:

     Ma tu perché ritorni a tanta noia? / perché non sali il dilettoso monte / ch’è principio e cagion di tutta gioia?

     But why do you go back to such anguish? Why don't you climb the delightful mount which is the source and cause of every joy?

Further reading

• noia on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^it

Anagrams

• -iano

Etymology

Clipping of paranoia. Compare Swedish noja.

Noun

noia m (definite singular noiaen, indefinite plural noiaer, definite plural noiaene)

1. (colloquial) distress, anguish
2. (colloquial) frustration

References

• “noia” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
• “noia” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Etymology

Clipping of paranoia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²nɔʏ̯jɑ/

Noun

noia m (definite singular noiaen, uncountable)

1. (colloquial) distress, anguish
2. (colloquial) frustration

Alternative forms

• nóia (pre-1990 spelling)

Etymology

Clipping of paranoia, in reference to drug-induced paranoia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɔ.jɐ/

Adjective

noia m or f (plural noias) (Brazil, slang, derogatory)

1. drug-addicted
2. stoned; doped
3. crazy; mad
4. stupid; fool

Noun

noia m or f by sense (plural noias) (Brazil, slang, derogatory)

1. a drug addict
2. a person under the effects of drugs
3. a crazy or mad person
4. a stupid, foolish or uncivilized person