The bougainvillea that I planted will receive the ashes from my body and turn them into flowers.
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Bougainvillea
//ˌbu.ɡənˈvɪl.jə//
Synonyms for "bougainvillea"
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Translations
37 translations across 25 languages.
Catalan
1 entries- buguenvíl·lia noun (flower)
Dutch
1 entries- bougainvillea noun (flower)
Esperanto
1 entries- bugenvilo noun (flower)
Finnish
2 entries- bougainvillea noun (flower)
- ihmeköynnös noun (flower)
French
2 entries- bougainvillier noun (flower)
- bougainvillée noun (flower)
German
1 entries- Bougainvillea noun (flower)
Greek
1 entries- μπουκαμβίλια noun (flower)
Indonesian
2 entries- bugenvil noun (flower)
- bunga kertas noun (flower)
Italian
1 entries- buganvillea noun (flower)
Japanese
1 entries- ブーゲンビリア noun (flower)
Lithuanian
1 entries- bugenvilija noun (flower)
Malay
1 entries- bunga kertas noun (flower)
Norwegian
2 entries- bougainvillea noun (flower)
- trillingblomst noun (flower)
Polish
1 entries- bugenwilla noun (flower)
Portuguese
2 entries- bougainvillea noun (flower)
- buganvília noun (flower)
Romanian
1 entries- bougainvillea noun (flower)
Russian
1 entries- бугенвиллия noun (flower)
Spanish
4 entries- Santa Rita noun (flower)
- bugambilia (Mesoamerica) noun (flower)
- buganvilia noun (flower)
- buganvilla noun (flower)
Swedish
1 entries- trillingblomssläktet noun (flower)
Tagalog
1 entries- bogambilya noun (flower)
Telugu
1 entries- కాగితంపువ్వు noun (flower)
Thai
1 entries- เฟื่องฟ้า noun (flower)
Turkish
1 entries- begonvil noun (flower)
Ukrainian
1 entries- бугенвілія noun (flower)
Vietnamese
1 entries- hoa giấy noun (flower)
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
The bougainvillea grows as it waits to convert the ashes of my body into flowers.
Source: tatoeba (11620702)
He is outside in his garden, surrounded by bougainvillea bursting with color.
Source: wiktionary
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