rosa

rose

pink

USAGE NOTE

The adjective "rosa" is sometimes invariable, which means its form does not change according to the gender or number of the noun it describes.

rosa(rroh-sah)

feminine noun

1. (botany)

a. rose

Mi marido me compró un gran ramo de rosas rojas para nuestro aniversario.

My husband bought me a big bouquet of red roses for our anniversary.

masculine noun

2. (color)

a. pink

De niña, mi color favorito era el rosa.

As a girl, my favorite color was pink.

adjective

3. (color)

a. pink

Los flamencos tienen plumas rosas porque comen camarones.

Flamingos have pink feathers because they eat shrimp.

rosa

adjective

1. (color)

a. pink

2. (fig)

a.

verlo todo de color (de) rosato see everything through rose-tinted spectacles

3. (del corazón)

a.

la prensa rosagossip magazines

una novela rosaa romance, a romantic novel

Noun

4. (color)

a. pink

5. (flor)

a. rose

estar (fresco) como una rosato be as fresh as a daisy

rosa de los vientoscompass rose

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rosa

1 (Botánica) rose

palo rosa rosewood

como una rosa

estar como una rosa to feel as fresh as a daisy; un cutis como una rosa a skin as soft as silk; estar como las propias rosas to feel entirely at ease; florecer como rosa en mayo to bloom; flourish

[no] hay rosa sin espinas there's no rose without a thorn

rosa almizcleña musk rose

rosa laurel rosebay; oleander

2

de color rosa color de rosa rosy; pink

vestidos color de rosa pink dresses; verlo todo del color de rosa to see everything through rose-tinted spectacles o rose-colored glasses; (EEUU)

3 (en la piel) birthmark; red birthmark

4 (Archit) rose window

5

rosa de los vientos rosa náutica compass; compass card; compass rose

adjective

pink

revista rosa magazine of sentimental stories; Zona Rosa (México) (barrio) elegant (tourist) quarter of Mexico City