noun · #126
street
Example: La calle está cortada.
The street is closed.
Spanish → English
la calle
la calle is Spanish for street.
What la calle means
How common is it?
la calle is ranked #126 of the 500 most common Spanish words. It is in the everyday core of the language — common enough that it is worth knowing cold before you move on to specialist vocabulary.
Nearby on the frequency list
Words with a similar frequency to la calle — learning them together is more efficient than learning them alphabetically.
- la puerta — door
- la ventana — window
- la mesa — table
- el lugar — place
- el nombre — name
- la palabra — word
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