rosa

adj.&f.

rose-colored, rose-coloured.

adj.&f.

1 pink (color).

verlo todo de color (de) rosa (figurative) to see everything through rose-tinted spectacles

2 rose-colored, rose-coloured.

f.

rose (flower).

estar (fresco) como una rosa to be as fresh as a daisy

rosa de los vientos compass rose

m.

pink (color).

pres.indicat.

1^st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: rosar.

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rosa

► nombre femenino

1 (flor) rose

2 (rosetón) rose window

► nombre masculino

1 (color) pink

► adjetivo (pl rosa)

1 (color) pink

2 figurado (novela) romantic

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FRASEOLOGÍA

fresco,-a como una rosa figurado as fresh as a daisy

la vida no es un lecho de rosas figurado life is not a bed of roses

no hay rosa sin espinas figurado there's no rose without a thorn, nothing comes easy

verlo todo de color rosa figurado to see everything through rose-coloured spectacles

agua de rosas rose water

rosa de pitiminí daisy rose

rosa de té tea rose

rosa náutica /rosa de los vientos compass rose

rosa silvestre rambling rose

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1. noun f.

1) rose

2) pink

2. adj.

pink

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SF Rose

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I

femenino

a) (flor) rose

b) (rosal) rosebush

(fresco) como una rosa — as fresh as a daisy

no hay rosa sin espinas — there's no rose without a thorn

c) (Chi) (nudo) bow

- rosa náutica or de los vientos

II

adjetivo (gen inv) pink

un vestido (de color) rosa — a pink dress

verlo todo de color de rosa — to see things through rose-colored glasses o (BrE) rose-tinted spectacles

rayas rosa claro/fuerte — pale/bright pink stripes

III

masculino pink

un rosa pálido — a pale pink

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I

femenino

a) (flor) rose

b) (rosal) rosebush

(fresco) como una rosa — as fresh as a daisy

no hay rosa sin espinas — there's no rose without a thorn

c) (Chi) (nudo) bow

- rosa náutica or de los vientos

II

adjetivo (gen inv) pink

un vestido (de color) rosa — a pink dress

verlo todo de color de rosa — to see things through rose-colored glasses o (BrE) rose-tinted spectacles

rayas rosa claro/fuerte — pale/bright pink stripes

III

masculino pink

un rosa pálido — a pale pink

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rosa¹

¹ = rose.

Ex: If we cite the concepts present in a summarization of the document about 'Fungus diseases of roses' in this order we get, 'Botany/Roses/Fungus diseases'.

* jardín de rosas = rose garden.

* ¡la vida no es un camino de rosas! = the course of true love never did run smooth!.

* no ser un lecho de rosas = be not all roses.

* palo de rosa = rosewood.

* rosa anaranjado = pink-orange.

* rosa de Alejandría = damask rose.

* rosa de Damasco = damask rose.

* rosa de Jericó = damask rose.

* rosa del desierto = desert rose.

* un lecho de rosas = a bed of roses.

rosa²

² = pink.

Ex: A heart on a pink background thus indicates 'romance' (rather than medicine) and a magnifying glass or a gun might indicate a detective story though a gun might mean a 'western' if it is a revolver and a war story if it is a field gun.

* novela rosa = romantic fiction.

* rosa anaranjado = orange-pink.

* rosa pálido = pale pink.

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rosa¹

feminine

1 (flor) rose

2 (rosal) rosebush

(fresco) como una rosa as fresh as a daisy

no son/fueron todo rosas it isn't/wasn't all (a bed of) roses

no hay rosa sin espinas there's no rose without a thorn

tirarse con rosas (Arg fam); to insult each other, have a slanging match (colloq)

3 (Chi) (nudo) bow

Compuestos:

● rosa náutica or de los vientos

compass card, rose

● rosa (de) té

tea rose

rosa²

adjective

[Vocabulary notes (Spanish) ]

1 (gen inv) pink

camisas rosa or rosas pink shirts

un vestido (de color) rosa a pink dress

verlo todo de color de rosa to see things through rose-colored glasses o (BrE) rose-tinted spectacles

2 (modificado por otro adj: inv) pink

rayas rosa claro/fuerte pale/bright pink stripes

rosa³

masculine

[Vocabulary notes (Spanish) ]

pink

un rosa pálido a pale pink

Compuestos:

● rosa fosforito or shocking

1 masculine shocking pink

2 adj inv shocking-pink

● rosa viejo

1 masculine dusty pink

2 adj inv dusty-pink

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rosa sustantivo femenino

a) (flor) rose

b) (rosal) rosebush

c) (Chi) (nudo) bow

■ adjetivo (gen inv) pink;

◊ un vestido (de color) rosa a pink dress;

verlo todo de color rosa to see things through rose-colored glasses o (BrE) rose-tinted spectacles
■ sustantivo masculino
pink
rosa
I adj inv pink
II sustantivo femenino
1 Bot (flor) rose
2 (en la piel) birthmark
3 Náut rosa de los vientos, compass card o rose
III sustantivo masculino pink
♦ Locuciones: estar como una rosa, to be as fresh as a daisy
verlo todo de color de rosa, to see everything through rose-coloured glasses

'rosa' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
casa
- color
- gusto
- interfecta
- interfecto
- natural
- novela
- pálida
- pálido
- florecer
- pincho
English:
grapefruit
- nightgown
- one
- pink
- rose
- rosebud
- rosewood
- shocking pink

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rosa

♦ adj

1. [de color] pink;

Comp

verlo todo de color (de) rosa to see everything through Br rose-tinted o US rose-colored spectacles

2. [del corazón]

la prensa rosa gossip magazines;

una novela rosa a romance, a romantic novel

♦ nm

[color] pink;

el rosa es mi color favorito pink is my favourite colour

♦ nf

rose;

Comp

estar (fresco) como una rosa to be as fresh as a daisy

Comp

rosa del desierto desert rose;

rosa de Jericó damask rose;

rosa silvestre wild rose;

rosa de los vientos compass rose

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rosa

I adj pink

II f BOT rose;

fresco como una rosa fresh as a daisy;

no hay rosa sin espinas there is no rose without a thorn

III m pink;

rosa pálido pale pink;

ver algo de color de rosa see sth through rose-colored glasses;

no es de color de rosa fig it isn’t a bed of roses

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rosa adj

: rose-colored, pink

rosa nm

: rose, pink (color)

rosa nf

: rose (flower)

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rosa¹ adj pink

rosa² n rose