maravilla
Spanish edit
Pronunciation edit
- Syllabification: ma‧ra‧vi‧lla
Etymology 1 edit
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 edit
maravilla f (plural maravillas)
- wonder, marvel
- sunflower
- Synonym: girasol
- sunflower seed
- marigold
- Synonym: caléndula
- four o'clock flower
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
maravilla
- inflection of maravillar:
Further reading edit
- “maravilla”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014