noun · #487
habit, custom
Example: Es una costumbre de aquí.
It is a local custom.
Spanish → English
la costumbre
la costumbre is Spanish for habit, custom.
What la costumbre means
How common is it?
la costumbre is ranked #487 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 costumbre — learning them together is more efficient than learning them alphabetically.
- la clase — class; kind
- la tarea — task, homework
- el sueño — dream; sleepiness
- recoger — to pick up
- dejar de — to stop doing
- acabar — to finish, to end up
See all 500 most common Spanish words
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Compiled and checked by the Flipkado team · Last updated 2026-08-22