Today's WOTD is: "rosa" = rose
In
Spanish, the noun "rosa" is a feminine noun
of Latin origin the main meaning of which is rose.
In
Spanish, the word “rosa” can also be a masculine* noun
which means the colour pink.
*NB
Please note that when meaning the colour pink, “rosa” is a
masculine noun, that is “el rosa”
A
related word to “rosa”
is “rosal”,
which means the rosebush.
Some
commonly used expressions containing the words "rosa"
are:
- Como las propias rosas (very well/ perfectly);
- Como una rosa (very well/ perfectly);
- Fresco como una rosa (fresh as a daisy - masculine);
- Fresca como una rosa (fresh as a daisy - feminine);
- No hay rosa sin espinas (no rose without thorns/ there is a downside to everything - figurative);
- Novela rosa (romance novel);
- Palo de la rosa (rosewood);
- Palo de rosa (rosewood);
- Rosa claro (pale pink – colour);
- Rosa de los vientos (compass card/ rose);
- Rosa fuerte (bright pink – colour);
- Rosa náutica (compass card/ rose);
- Rosa pálido (pale pink – colour);
- Salsa rosa (Thousand Island dressing);
- Un vestido* (de color) rosa (a pink dress);
- Verlo todo de color de rosa (to see things through rose-tinted/ rose colored glasses);
NB
The expression is also valid for other garments, e.g.: “camisa”/
shirt.
Some
examples of the use of the word "rosa"
are:
- Aquí se está como las propias rosas (this is a very good/ perfect place);
- Aquí se está como las rosas (this is a very good/ perfect place);
- Pedro llegó fresco como una rosa (Pedro arrived fresh as a daisy);
- Tengo muchas ganas de ir, pero odio viajar. Es cierto que no hay rosa sin espinas (I really want to go, but I hate the travel. It is true that there is a downside to everything);
- Esa es una novela rosa (that is a romance novel);
- Esa mesa es de palo de la rosa (that is a rosewood table);
- Esa mesa es de palo de rosa (that is a rosewood table);
- Esa blusa de color rosa claro te queda muy bien (you suit that pale pink blouse);
- Esa blusa de color rosa pálido te queda muy bien (you suit that pale pink blouse);
- Esa blusa de color rosa fuerte te queda muy bien (you suit that bright pink blouse);
- La flor de lis suele representar el Norte en la rosa de los vientos (the fleur-de-lis often represents the north on a compass card);
- La flor de lis suele representar el Norte en la rosa náutica (the fleur-de-lis often represents the north on a compass card);
- Las gambas con salsa rosa están muy ricas (prawns with Thousand Island dressing are very nice);
- Pedro lo ve todo de color de rosa (Pedro sees everything through rose-tinted/ rose colored glasses);
*NB
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in the link to hear the word pronounced.
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1 comment:
Le compramos una escudilla de palo de rosa a mi hermano para su cumpleaños,
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