noun · #120
school
Example: La escuela empieza a las ocho.
School starts at eight.
Spanish → English
la escuela
la escuela is Spanish for school.
What la escuela means
How common is it?
la escuela is ranked #120 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.
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Words with a similar frequency to la escuela — learning them together is more efficient than learning them alphabetically.
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