maravilla
Spanish, noun
maravilla is spelled M-A-R-A-V-I-L-L-A (9 letters) and appears 15 times per million words in written Spanish, the 5,184th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Maravilla is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “wonder, marvel” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of maravillar. With an accent, maravillá is a different word: “second-person singular voseo imperative of maravillar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Acontecimiento o cosa impresionante que provoca admiración”.
What does maravilla mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininewonder, marvel
- 2
femininemarigold
- 3
femininefour o'clock flower
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
second-person singular voseo imperative of maravillar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Acontecimiento o cosa impresionante que provoca admiración. 2. Acción o efecto de maravillar o de maravillarse. 3. (Calendula officinalis) Planta herbácea compuesta, de flores terminales color naranja, cuyo conocimiento se usa como antiespasmódico en medicina. 4. (Ipomoea imperati, y Convolvulus tricolor) Nombre común de varias plantas perennes de la familia de las convolvuláceas, trepadora (enredadera), de hojas ovadas, flores tubulosas de color azul purpúreo o blanco y de frutos en cápsula, de uso para ornamental.
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 maravilla
- maravillas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to maravilla
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is maravilla in Spanish?
maravilla appears 15 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).