maravilla

See also: Maravilla and maravillá

Spanish

maravilla – Helianthus annuus

maravilla – Calendula arvensis

maravilla – Mirabilis jalapa

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /maɾaˈbiʝa/ [ma.ɾaˈβ̞i.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /maɾaˈbiʝa/ [ma.ɾaˈβ̞i.ʝa]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Philippines) /maɾaˈbiʎa/ [ma.ɾaˈβ̞i.ʎa]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /maɾaˈbiʃa/ [ma.ɾaˈβ̞i.ʃa]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /maɾaˈbiʒa/ [ma.ɾaˈβ̞i.ʒa]

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• Rhymes: -iʝa

• Rhymes: -iʝa
• Rhymes: -iʎa
• Rhymes: -iʃa
• Rhymes: -iʒa

• Syllabification: ma‧ra‧vi‧lla

Etymology 1

From Late Latin mīrābilia (“wonder”), substantivization of the neuter plural of Latin mīrābilis (“wonderful”). Old Spanish also had maravija, with the expected outcome of the Latin ending. The form with -illa may reflect a borrowing from another Romance language (cf. Portuguese maravilha) or some kind of Latin influence.

Noun

maravilla f (plural maravillas)

1. wonder, marvel
2. sunflower

   Synonym: girasol

3. sunflower seed
4. marigold

   Synonym: caléndula

5. four o'clock flower

Derived terms

• a las maravillas
• a las mil maravillas
• de maravilla
• de maravillas
• flor de la maravilla
• hacer maravillas
• maravilla del campo
• maravilla del mundo
• maravilla silvestre
• maravillar
• maravilloso

 

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

maravilla

1. inflection of maravillar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “maravilla”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014