cala
Spanish, noun
cala is spelled C-A-L-A (4 letters) and appears 3.4 times per million words in written Spanish, the 15,797th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cala is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “prove (originally, of a piece or slice of fruit)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of calar. With an accent, calá is a different word: “second-person singular voseo imperative of calar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Pequeña porción de mar que se interna en la tierra”.
What does cala mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineprove (originally, of a piece or slice of fruit)
- 2
femininetry, attempt
- 3
femininetesting
- 4
femininesuppository (small medicinal plug that is inserted into the rectum)
noun
- 1
femininecove
noun
- 1
femininecalla lily, arum lily (plant, flower)
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
second-person singular voseo imperative of calar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Pequeña porción de mar que se interna en la tierra.
noun: 1. (Calla palustris) Planta herbácea perenne de la familia de las aráceas, originaria del Hemisferio Norte, con hojas acorazonadas, raíz rizomatosa e inflorescencia en espádice rodeada por una espata blanca. Es una planta venenosa que habita en sitios inundados y cuyos rizomas son comestibles después de un tratamiento de detoxificiación. 2. Por analogía, las plantas del género Zantedeschia, semejantes a la anterior, cultivadas con fines ornamentales por sus inflorescencias guarnecidas de espatas de color blanco, amarillo o rosado. La especie Z. aethiopica, produce rizomas, mientras que alguna de las restantes, dan cormos. 3. Por analogía, las plantas del género Anthurium, con espádice de varias formas y espata de vivos colores.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of cala
- calas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to cala
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cala in Spanish?
cala appears 3.4 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).