noun · #444
centre, downtown
Example: Vivo en el centro.
I live in the centre.
Spanish → English
el centro
el centro is Spanish for centre, downtown.
What el centro means
How common is it?
el centro is ranked #444 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 el centro — learning them together is more efficient than learning them alphabetically.
- la estación — station; season
- el aeropuerto — airport
- la calle principal — main street
- el barrio — neighbourhood
- el pueblo — village; people
- el campo — countryside; field
See all 500 most common Spanish words
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Compiled and checked by the Flipkado team · Last updated 2026-08-22