noun · #485
task, homework
Example: La tarea era difícil.
The task was difficult.
Spanish → English
la tarea
la tarea is Spanish for task, homework.
What la tarea means
How common is it?
la tarea is ranked #485 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 tarea — learning them together is more efficient than learning them alphabetically.
- el equipo — team; equipment
- el partido — match; political party
- la clase — class; kind
- el sueño — dream; sleepiness
- la costumbre — habit, custom
- recoger — to pick up
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