noun · #450
sea
Example: El mar está en calma.
The sea is calm.
Spanish → English
el mar
el mar is Spanish for sea.
What el mar means
How common is it?
el mar is ranked #450 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 el mar — learning them together is more efficient than learning them alphabetically.
- el campo — countryside; field
- la montaña — mountain
- el río — river
- la isla — island
- el animal — animal
- la flor — flower
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Compiled and checked by the Flipkado team · Last updated 2026-08-22