rosa
Portuguese, noun/ˈʁɔ.zɐ/
rosa is spelled R-O-S-A (4 letters) and appears 63 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 1,529th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rosa is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “rose (flower)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of rosar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “a flor da roseira”.
What does rosa mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininerose (flower)
- 2
feminineblush (of the face)
- 3
femininebeautiful woman
- 4
feminineceiling medallion
- 5
femininebrass hand tool used to gild books
- 6
femininegolden spiral
- 7
femininesound hole
- 8
femininevulgaranus
adjective
- 1
pink (color)
noun
- 1
masculinepink (color)
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. cor-de-rosa, que tem coloração rosácea
noun: 1. a flor da roseira 2. roseira
noun: 1. cor vermelha desmaiada 2. cor-de-rosa
verb: 1. segunda pessoa do singular do imperativo afirmativo do verbo rosar
noun: 1. prenome feminino
noun: 1. sobrenome comum em português
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 rosa
- rosas plural
- rosinha diminutive
- roseta diminutive
- rosita diminutive
- rosinho diminutive
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce rosa?
- Brazil /ˈʁɔ.zɐ/
- Brazil [ˈhɔ.zɐ]
- /ˈʁɔ.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 rosa
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is rosa in Portuguese?
rosa appears 63 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).