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rosa

/ˈɹoʊzə//ˈɹoʊzə/

rosa verb: to hide, vanish, shadow.

Verb

rosa (third-person singular simple present rosas, present participle rosaing, simple past and past participle rosaed)

  1. (Australia, slang) to hide, vanish, shadow
    • Weren't we meant to have dinner with Jane?
      No, she unfortunately had to rosa.

Noun

rosa (plural rosas)

  1. (Australia, slang) no-show, someone who does not show up as expected
    • Every time we organise to have dinner, she never turns up.
      I know, she is such a rosa.

Proper noun (1) capitalized: ROSA

ROSA

  1. (abbreviation, acronym) Acronym of Roll Out Solar Array.

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Rosa

Rosa

  1. A female given name from Latin; a Latinized variant of Rose.
    • Mercedes moved away from Jack and gripping Rosa's hand – her own nails were too short – she took a pinch and inhaled it. Rosa kissed Mercedes on the lips then took a further nailful and offered it to Jack who shook his head.2010, Bill Vidal, The Aztec, page 73

rosa meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

rosa in Hindi

रोसा

rosa in Tamil

ரோசா, ரோஸா

rosa in Marathi

रोसा, रोसा कडे

rosa in Urdu

روسا
More languagesFewer languages
rosa in Bengali
রোসার কাছে, রোসা, রোসার প্রতি
rosa in Telugu
రోసాకు, రోసా
rosa in Malayalam
റോസയിലേക്ക്, റോസാ
rosa in Kannada
ರೋಸಾ
rosa in Punjabi
ਰੋਸਾ
rosa in Gujarati
રોસા
rosa in Odia
ରୋସାଙ୍କୁ, ରୋସା

Forms of rosa

Verb
third-person singular presentrosas
present participlerosaing
past participlerosaed
pastrosaed
Noun
pluralrosas

Origin of rosa

Believed to derive from the name of the Australian native bird rosella (genus Platycercus), a small parrot noted for its ability to vanish when the need arises.

Borrowed from Latin rosa (“rose”).

Words formed from rosa

Phrases with rosa

Words that rhyme with rosa

Questions about rosa

What does rosa mean?
Rosa means to hide, vanish, shadow.
What is rosa in Hindi?
Rosa in Hindi is रोसा. See Rosa meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is rosa?
Rosa can be a verb, a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce rosa?
Rosa is pronounced /ˈɹoʊzə/.
What is the past tense of rosa?
The past tense of rosa is rosaed.

Words near rosa in the dictionary

  1. rory
  2. rory-cum-tory
  3. rory-tory
  4. ROS
  5. ros solis
  6. rosa
  7. Rosa Americana
  8. rosa mundi
  9. rosa solis
  10. rosa-de-montana
  11. Rosabel

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: rosa (page history and authors); ROSA (page history and authors); Rosa (page history and authors); rosa (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); rosa (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); rosa (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); rosa (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); rosa (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); rosa (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); rosa (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); rosa (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); rosa (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); rosa (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); rosa (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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