joven

/ˈxoben/, [ˈxo.β̞ẽn]

young, young man


Examples
  • Tom no es tan joven como parece.

    Tom isn't as young as he looks.

  • El chico más joven se quedó por detrás de los otros excursionistas.

    The youngest boy dropped behind the other hikers.

  • ¿Quién es más joven, él o yo?

    Who is younger, he or I?

  • Recuerdo haber leído ese libro tres veces cuando era joven.

    I remember reading the book three times when I was young.

  • Así, joven nada más, él es un buen abogado.

    Young as he is, he is a good lawyer.

  • Siempre que una mujer pueda parecer diez años más joven que su propia hija, estará perfectamente satisfecha.

    As long as a woman can look ten years younger than her own daughter, she is perfectly satisfied.

  • Me gusta aquel joven.

    I like that young man.

  • Mary no había sospechado que ella le gustase al joven granjero, ella le quería como a un hermano.

    Mary had not suspected that the young farmer liked her; she loved him as a brother.

  • Para empezar, ella es demasiado joven.

    To begin with, she is too young.

  • Deberías tener en cuenta que ya no eres joven.

    You had better take into consideration that you are no longer young.

  • Él se convirtió en un excelente joven.

    He became a nice young man.

  • Él atrapó a un joven tratando de robar su reloj.

    He caught a boy stealing his watch.

  • Ella es tan joven como yo.

    She is as young as I am.

  • Yo era joven y quería vivir.

    I was young, and I wanted to live.

  • Ella lo abandonó por un hombre más joven.

    She dumped him for a younger man.

  • El joven profesor es adorado por las estudiantes.

    The young professor is adored by the girl students.

  • La actriz es popular entre la gente joven.

    The actress is popular with young people.

  • Ojalá no me hubiera casado tan joven.

    I wish I hadn't gotten married so young.

  • Al joven trabajador le pidieron la renuncia.

    They asked the young worker to resign.

  • Su padre falleció cuando ella era joven.

    Her father died when she was young.


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