Usage Note
Nuovo precedes or follows the noun depending on nuance: una nuova macchina (a new car, newly acquired) vs. una macchina nuova (a brand-new car). The idiomatic phrase di nuovo means 'again' — lo faccio di nuovo (I'm doing it again). Inflects regularly: nuova, nuovi, nuove.
Examples
"Ho comprato un nuovo libro."
Natural Translation
I bought a new book.

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