For young Hispanic people, un amigo or una amiga is not just an acquaintance or a casual friend. Un amigo or una amiga is a close friend, a person with whom you share your joys and troubles, a person who is always there when you need someone to talk to.
El novio or la novia is more than a boyfriend or a girlfriend. The relationship between novios implies exclusive dating. In fact, el novio or la novia is usually the person whom you intend to marry. In Hispanic society, individual dating is not encouraged by the family. A boy and a girl will go out together alone only if they have been novios for some time and are over seventeen years old.
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