maravilla

See also: Maravilla and maravillá

Spanish

maravilla – Calendula arvensis

maravilla – Mirabilis jalapa

Pronunciation

 

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

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

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• Rhymes: -iʝa

• Rhymes: -iʝa (Equatorial Guinea, most of Latin America and Spain)
• Rhymes: -iʎa (Andes Mountains, rustic northern Spain, Paraguay, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -iʃa (Buenos Aires and environs)
• Rhymes: -iʒa (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

• 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. marigold

   Synonym: caléndula

3. four o'clock flower

   Synonym: dondiego de noche

Derived terms

• a las maravillas
• a las mil maravillas
• a maravilla
• 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 [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025