malva-rosa
Portuguese, noun/ˌmaw.vɐˈʁɔ.zɐ/
malva-rosa is spelled M-A-L-V-A-R-O-S-A (9 letters). Malva-rosa is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “hollyhock (any of several flowering plants of the genus Alcea)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “planta ornamental da espécie Alcea rosea, tem um haste alto que desenvolve flores grandes, semelhantes às da…”.
What does malva-rosa mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininehollyhock (any of several flowering plants of the genus Alcea)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. planta ornamental da espécie Alcea rosea, tem um haste alto que desenvolve flores grandes, semelhantes às da malva-silvestre
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of malva-rosa
- malvas-rosas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce malva-rosa?
- Brazil /ˌmaw.vɐˈʁɔ.zɐ/
- Brazil [ˌmaʊ̯.vɐˈhɔ.zɐ]
- /ˌmaw.vɐˈʁɔ.zɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to malva-rosa
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.