malva

adj.

mauve.

f.

mallow.

criar malvas (informal figurative) to push up daisies

m.

mauve (color).

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malva

► adjetivo

1 (color) mauve

► nombre femenino

1 BOTÁNICA mallow

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FRASEOLOGÍA

estar criando malvas familiar to be pushing up the daisies

estar como una malva to be as meek as a lamb

malva loca hollyhock, rose mallow

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1.

ADJ INV [color] mauve

2.

SF (Bot) mallow

(de) color de malva — mauve

- criar malvas

- estar como una malva

malva loca, malva real, malva rósea — hollyhock

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I

adjetivo invariable mauve

II

femenino mallow

estar criando malvas — (Esp fam) to be pushing up daisies (colloq)

- malva real

III

masculino mauve

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I

adjetivo invariable mauve

II

femenino mallow

estar criando malvas — (Esp fam) to be pushing up daisies (colloq)

- malva real

III

masculino mauve

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malva¹

¹ = mallow.

Ex: Mallow originates from southern Europe and Asia but has spread all over the world as a common weed.

* criar malvas = push up + (the) daisies.

malva²

² = purple, mauve.

Ex: If the spot stays yellow the paper is decidedly acid; an in-between colour (green, grey, grey-green, yellow-green) indicates mild acidity; while if the spot goes purple, the paper is near-neutral or alkaline.

Ex: Rarely do we think of a color as being invented by a person, yet in the case of the color mauve this might be a reasonable way to think about it.

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malva¹

adj inv

[Vocabulary notes (Spanish) ]

mauve

malva²

feminine

mallow

estar criando malvas (fam); to be pushing up daisies (colloq)

Compuesto:

malva real

hollyhock, rose mallow (AmE)

malva³

masculine

[Vocabulary notes (Spanish) ]

mauve

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malva adj inv/m
mauve
■ sustantivo femenino
mallow;

◊ malva real hollyhock, rose mallow (AmE)

malva
I adj inv & m (color) mauve
II f Bot mallow

'malva' also found in these entries:
English:
mauve

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malva

♦ adj inv

mauve

♦ nf

mallow;

Comp

Fam

criar malvas to push up daisies

♦ nm

[color] mauve

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malva

I adj mauve

II f BOT mallow;

estar criando malvas fig fam be pushing up daisies;

ser (como) una malva fig be as gentle as a lamb

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malva adj & nf

: mauve

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malva n (color) mauve