Usa los azules, no los rosas.
Use the blue ones, not the pink ones.
Someone on the phone talks a person through jobs in the kitchen and picks things by color, so rosa takes a plural -s to match los.
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Spanish vocabularyA1 · Beginner
How to say "pink" in Spanish
rosa
adjectivesame for m. and f.plural: rosasnoun: el rosa
"Pink" in Spanish is rosa, the same word as the flower, a rose. As a color it keeps one form for masculine and feminine nouns, un vestido rosa, una camiseta rosa, and in the plural it usually adds -s: zapatos rosas. In several Latin American countries you'll also hear rosado.
Hear "rosa" in real movie scenes
One plural, one singular. Each video starts and stops on that line.
¿La del maillot color rosa?
The one in the pink leotard?
From the seats, someone tries to spot one person on stage, and color rosa after the noun is the fastest clue.
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Shades and phrases with rosa
Six you'll see in stores and hear in conversation.
| Spanish | English |
|---|---|
| rosa claro | light pink |
| rosa fucsia | hot pink, fuchsia |
| rosa palo | pale pink, blush |
| de color rosa | pink, pink-colored |
| ver la vida de color de rosa | to see life through rose-colored glasses |
| la prensa rosa | celebrity gossip magazines (Spain) |
Tip: Rosado also means pink. It's common in several Latin American countries, and in Spain vino rosado is rosé wine.
Grammar: rosa, rosas
Four points for using the color.
No -o form
Rosa stays rosa with masculine nouns too: un vestido rosa, una camiseta rosa. There is no roso.Plural: add -s
los zapatos rosas, las camisetas rosas. Some writers keep rosa in the plural, and both are accepted.El rosa, la rosa
The color as a noun is masculine: El rosa es mi color favorito. La rosa is the flower.Shades stay fixed
Add a second word and nothing changes: una falda rosa claro, unos zapatos rosa fucsia.Example sentences
Sentences from the Wordy Spanish course. Tap to listen.
Esta camiseta es rosa.
This T-shirt is pink.
La bolsa es rosa.
The bag is pink.
Las camisetas son rosas.
The T-shirts are pink.
La roja no, la rosa.
Not the red one, the pink one.
Common mistakes
Mistakes learners make with this word, and how to fix them.
✗un vestido roso
✓un vestido rosa
Rosa doesn't change for masculine nouns.
✗Me gusta la rosa (meaning the color)
✓Me gusta el rosa
Color names are masculine. La rosa is the flower.
✗ROH-zah (pronunciation)
✓ROH-sah
Say a clean s, without the English z sound you hear in rose.
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How to remember it
In Spanish a rose is la rosa, and pink is rosa. Picture a pink rose and you have both words at once.
Questions about "pink" in Spanish
How do you say pink in Spanish?
Rosa. It's the same word for masculine and feminine nouns: un vestido rosa, una bolsa rosa.
Is it rosa or rosado?
Both mean pink. Rosa is the everyday word in Spain and is understood everywhere, and rosado is common in several Latin American countries.
Is rosa masculine or feminine?
The color name is masculine: el rosa. La rosa, the feminine noun, is the flower.
How do you say light pink in Spanish?
Rosa claro. For hot pink, say rosa fucsia or just fucsia.
