marabilla

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Galician

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Alternative forms

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Etymology 1

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From Old Galician-Portuguese maravilla (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin mirabilia. Cognate with Portuguese maravilha, Spanish maravilla and English marvel.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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marabilla f (plural marabillas)

  1. wonder, marvel
    • c. 1300, R. Martínez López, editor, General Estoria. Versión gallega del siglo XIV. Ms. O. I. 1. del Escorial, Oviedo: Publicacións de Archivum, page 225:
      Fillo todaslas orações et todoslos sacrifiçios que eu soybe et poyde fazer anoso Señor Deus por aver aty, todoslos [fige]; et el oyume et douteme ẽna myña velleçe et de tua madre, et esto foy marabilla
      My son, every prayer and every sacrifice that I knew or could do to our Lord God for having you, that I did; and He heard me and He gave you to me at my old age, and of your mother, and this was a marvel
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Etymology 2

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Verb

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marabilla

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