noia

• noya (obsolete)

See the proposals listed at noi.

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

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noia f (plural noies, masculine noi)

1. girl, young woman
2. slowworm

   Synonym: vidriol

• noia verda

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

From paranoia.

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

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

• noja

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.

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

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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]‎^[1], lines 76–78; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate]‎^[2], 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?

• annoiare
• annoiarsi
• noioso

• noia on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^it

• -iano

Clipping of paranoia. Compare Swedish noja.

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

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

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

Clipping of paranoia.

• IPA^(key): /²nɔʏ̯jɑ/

noia m (definite singular noiaen, uncountable)

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

• nóia (pre-1990 spelling)

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɔ.jɐ/

noia m or f (plural noias)

1. (Brazil, slang) (often excessively) drug-addicted
2. (Brazil, slang) stoned; doped
3. (Brazil, slang, sometimes pejorative) crazy; mad
4. (Brazil, slang, derogatory) stupid; fool

noia m or f by sense (plural noias)

1. (Brazil, slang) a drug-addicted person
2. (Brazil, slang) a person under the effects of one or more drugs
3. (Brazil, slang) a crazy or mad person
4. (Brazil, slang) a stupid, foolish or uncivilized person