novice

a person who has just started to learn or do something and does not have much experience of it

novato, principiante, aprendiz

• be a novice at/in doing sth

Collocations a novice in programming · be a novice at cooking

• He's still a novice when it comes to driving.

  Aún es un novato cuando se trata de conducir.

a new member of an organization or group, especially one that is religious or military

novicio, recluta, aprendiz

• be a novice in sth

Collocations a novice monk · be a novice in the army

• She is a novice in the order of nuns.

  Ella es una novicia en el orden de las monjas.