las
Spanish, article/las/
las is spelled L-A-S (3 letters) and appears 9,772 times per million words in written Spanish, the 15th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Las is a Spanish feminine article meaning “feminine plural definite article; the” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also an accusative of ellas; them. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Artículo determinado femenino plural. Antecede a sustantivos femeninos en plural denotando que estos deben…”.
What does las mean in English?
article
- 1
femininefeminine plural definite article; the
pronoun
- 1
feminineaccusative of ellas; them
- 2
feminineaccusative of ustedes (when referring to more than one woman); you all (formal)
- 3
femininefeminine plural pronoun
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noun
- 1
masculineplural of la
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
article: 1. Artículo determinado femenino plural. Antecede a sustantivos femeninos en plural denotando que estos deben tomarse como información general consabida.
pronoun: 1. Pronombre personal femenino de objeto directo (acusativo), tercera persona del plural. 2. Pronombre acusativo de tercera persona del plural sin referencia a sustantivo expreso y con valor enfático o emotivo.
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.
How do you pronounce las?
- /las/
- [las]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to las
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is las in Spanish?
las appears 9,772 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).