malva
Spanish, noun/ˈmalba/
malva is spelled M-A-L-V-A (5 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish, the 46,380th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Malva is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “mallow” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Planta florada de la familia de las malváceas y la flor de dicha planta”.
What does malva mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemallow
- 2
femininemauve (color)
adjective
- 1
femininemasculinemauve (color)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Planta florada de la familia de las malváceas y la flor de dicha planta. 2. color una tonalidad del color violeta
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of malva
- malvas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce malva?
- /ˈmalba/
- [ˈmal.β̞a]
- [ˈmalβ̞a]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to malva
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is malva in Spanish?
malva appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).