noun · #471
cause
Example: Nadie conoce la causa.
Nobody knows the cause.
Spanish → English
la causa
la causa is Spanish for cause.
What la causa means
How common is it?
la causa is ranked #471 of the 500 most common Spanish words. It sits in the second half of the list: still everyday vocabulary, but you will meet it less often than the first two hundred.
Nearby on the frequency list
Words with a similar frequency to la causa — learning them together is more efficient than learning them alphabetically.
- el cambio — change
- el aumento — increase
- el resultado — result
- el efecto — effect
- el sentido — sense, meaning
- la duda — doubt
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Compiled and checked by the Flipkado team · Last updated 2026-08-22