maravilla

See also: Maravilla and maravillá

Spanish

maravilla – Calendula arvensis

maravilla – Mirabilis jalapa

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /maɾaˈbiʝa/ [ma.ɾaˈβ̞i.ʝa]
IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, 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: -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)

Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

maravilla

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