noun · #451
island
Example: La isla es muy pequeña.
The island is very small.
Spanish → English
la isla
la isla is Spanish for island.
What la isla means
How common is it?
la isla is ranked #451 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 isla — learning them together is more efficient than learning them alphabetically.
- la montaña — mountain
- el río — river
- el mar — sea
- el animal — animal
- la flor — flower
- la mañana siguiente — the next morning
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Compiled and checked by the Flipkado team · Last updated 2026-08-22