noun · #103
city
Example: La ciudad está llena los fines de semana.
The city is crowded at weekends.
Spanish → English
la ciudad
la ciudad is Spanish for city.
What la ciudad means
How common is it?
la ciudad is ranked #103 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 ciudad — learning them together is more efficient than learning them alphabetically.
- la casa — house, home
- la mujer — woman; wife
- el niño — child, boy
- el país — country
- la gente — people
- el trabajo — work, job
See all 500 most common Spanish words
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