la maravilla. 'la maravilla'. This feminine noun means 'wonder, marvel'. For example, 'Machu Picchu es una de las siete maravillas del mundo' / 'Machu Picchu is one of the seven wonders of the world'. La maravilla.
maravilla
feminine noun
1.
marvel, wonder
- es una maravilla -> it's wonderful
- a las mil maravillas, de maravilla -> wonderfully
- decir maravillas de alguien/algo -> to praise somebody/something to the skies
- hacer maravillas -> to do o work wonders
- una maravilla de niño/coche/carretera -> a wonderful o marvelous child/car/road
- venir de maravilla -> to be just the thing o ticket
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maravilla [mah-rah-veel’-lyah]
noun
1.
Wonder, an uncommon event; a marvel (objecto, asunto), admiration. (f)
2.
Common marigold. (Botany) (f)
- A las (mil) maravillas -> uncommonly well; wonderfully
- Hacer maravillas -> to work wonders
maravilla
1 (prodigio) wonder
las maravillas de la tecnología the wonders of technology
¡qué maravilla de tiempo tenemos! what wonderful weather we're having!
el concierto fue una maravilla the concert was wonderful; it was a wonderful concert
pinta que es una maravilla she paints in the most wonderful way
contar o hablar maravillas de algn/algo to rave about sb/sth
hacer maravillas to work wonders
una dieta que hace maravillas con tu silueta a diet that works wonders for your figure; hace maravillas con la flauta she plays the flute like a dream
las siete maravillas del mundo the seven wonders of the world
a maravilla (España)
a las mil maravillas
de maravilla
wonderfully; wonderfully well; marvellously el horno funciona a las mil maravillas the oven works wonderfully (well) o beautifully o marvellously
representa a maravilla ese tipo de poesía he is a wonderful o marvellous exponent of that type of poetry
siempre nos hemos llevado de maravilla we've always got on like a house on fire (familiar) o wonderfully (well) o marvellously
—¿cómo te va con el coche nuevo? —¡de maravilla! "how are you getting on with the new car?" — "really well!" o "great!"
este dinero me viene de maravilla this money couldn't have come at a better time
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