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maravilla — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • doozy noun (informal) Something remarkable, often because it's especially difficult, surprising, or impressive.
  • prodigy noun A person, especially a child, with exceptional talent or ability.
  • stunner noun Someone or something remarkably beautiful, impressive, or shocking.
  • sunflower noun A tall plant with a large, round flower head of yellow petals around a dark centre, grown for its seeds and oil.
  • wonder noun A feeling of amazement and curiosity caused by something remarkable or unexpected.
  • wonderment noun Wonder; astonishment.

Senses

maravilla is used for these senses in English:

  • doozy (US, colloquial) Something that is extraordinary: often troublesome, difficult or problematic, but sometimes extraordinary in a positive sense.
  • marvel of Peru Mirabilis jalapa, an ornamental flowering plant from the Americas, used until the 19th century also medicinally.
  • prodigy An amazing or marvellous thing; a wonder. [from 17th c.]
  • stunner (colloquial) Anything that is stunning.
  • sunflower A bright yellow, like that of the flower petals.
  • sunflower seed A seed of a sunflower, especially roasted and eaten as a snack; also used as bird food and in the manufacture of sunflower oil.
  • wonder Someone very talented at something, a genius.
  • wonder An astonishing and seemingly inexplicable turn of events.

prodigy — full definition

  1. noun A person, especially a child, with exceptional talent or ability.
  2. noun An extraordinary or amazing thing.

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