Spanish: un novio, un noviazo o un novilloEnglish translation: a boyfriend, a fiance, or a lover 
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Art/Literary - Cinema, Film, TV, Drama | | Spanish term or phrase: un novio, un noviazo o un novillo | From the description of a monologue being performed in a Madrid theatre:
...una mujer que no sabe si quiere un novio, un noviazo o un novillo
Any help with translating this play on words into English?
TIA |
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 Elizabeth W
United States
| Note from asker to answererAll of the suggestions were really nice, but I picked this one because it is the most delicately put and as commented, it flows! Thank you for your help!
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| Summary of answers provided | | 3 +5 | a boyfriend, a fiance, or a fling | | | 4 +3 | a beau, a real boyfriend or a wild buck | Virginia Pugh Hernandez| 3 +1 | a boyfriend, a super-boyfriend, or a bullfriend... | | | 3 | a young boyfriend, a young man, or a young bull | | | 3 | a boyfriend, a fiance, or a lover | | | 3 | a boyfriend, a serious boyfriend or a stud/wild stallion | | |
7 mins confidence:   peer agreement (net): +1 |
| a boyfriend, a super-boyfriend, or a bullfriend...
Explanation:
This is just a suggestion, as bull and boy may sound similar....
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Note added at 8 mins (2007-12-04 08:53:55 GMT)
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and perhaps you may want to write "bullfriend" between commas...
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Note added at 11 mins (2007-12-04 08:57:06 GMT)
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another suggestion, a variant of the above:
a boyfriend, an old boyfriend, or a young "bullfriend"...
this second is assuming the original spanish play on words is about the age of the male partner, as "novillo" is a young bull...
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14 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +3 |
| a beau, a real boyfriend or a wild buck
Explanation:
a novio is a boyfriend, but a noviazo y ever more of one, and a novillo is young immature bull, rather like a young wild buck. As the 3 terms in Spanish all begin with n, it is good to find something similar in English, such as the b for beau, boyfriend and buck.
Hope this helps.
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