phrase · #443
main street
Example: La calle principal está cortada.
The main street is closed.
Spanish → English
la calle principal
la calle principal is Spanish for main street.
What la calle principal means
How common is it?
la calle principal is ranked #443 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 calle principal — learning them together is more efficient than learning them alphabetically.
- la parada — stop (bus)
- la estación — station; season
- el aeropuerto — airport
- el centro — centre, downtown
- el barrio — neighbourhood
- el pueblo — village; people
See all 500 most common Spanish words
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Compiled and checked by the Flipkado team · Last updated 2026-08-22