maravilloso

/maɾabiˈʝoso/ · A2 · adj

wonderful, marvelous

✨ maravilla (a marvel) + -oso (full of) = marvelous

Same root as English marvel: Latin mirabilia, things worth wondering at. The ending -oso matches English -ous, so maravilloso maps almost letter for letter onto marvelous. The ll is pronounced like a y.

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