el color rosa
/el koloɾ ɾosa/from spelling rules
The color pink in Spanish is el color rosa.
This phrase is used to name the specific pale red color. You can use el color rosa to refer to the color itself, but in many contexts, you can simply use rosa as an adjective to describe something as being pink.
Which one should you use?
While el color rosa is the standard way to name the color, you can also simply say rosa to mean 'pink' when it is used as an adjective. Additionally, rosado is a common synonym for rosa used to describe pink things.
How does it change in a sentence?
The adjective rosado changes to rosada if the noun it describes is feminine.
How do you pronounce it?
/el koloɾ ɾosa/
Did you know?
- While rosa is common, some Spanish speakers use the term rosa palo to describe a very specific dusty or pale pink, which literally translates to 'stick pink'.
- In many Spanish-speaking countries, the term rosa refers to both the color and the flower itself.
- The word color descends from the Proto-Indo-European root *ḱel-, which originally related to hiding or covering, reflecting how color was viewed as a layer over a surface.
Examples in context
- La habitación está pintada de rosaThe room is painted pink
- Me compré una camisa rosadaI bought a pink shirt
- Las flores son rosasThe flowers are pink
- El vestido es rosadoThe dress is pink
- La camisa es rosa.The shirt is pink.
- El coche es rosado.The car is pink.
- Me gusta el color rosa.I like the color pink.
- ¿Es este el color rosa?Is this the color pink?
- El color rosa es muy bonito.The color pink is very pretty.
Example conversation
María and Alejandro are choosing a new paint for a room.
- María¿Qué te parece el color rosa?What do you think of the color pink?
- AlejandroA mí me encanta el color rosa.I love the color pink.
- MaríaEntonces, vamos a comprar ese color.Then, we are going to buy that color.
- AlejandroEs una buena idea, María.It is a good idea, María.
Sources
- IPA marked “from spelling rules” is derived from standard Spanish spelling, where Wiktionary gives none.
- Word origins: Wiktionary entries color, el, rosa, CC BY-SA 4.0.
