legua
Spanish, noun/ˈleɡwa/
legua is spelled L-E-G-U-A (5 letters) and appears 1.2 times per million words in written Spanish, the 31,236th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Legua is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “legua, Spanish league (a traditional unit of distance equivalent to about 4.2 km)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Medida de longitud, de dimensión variable según los sistemas, aproximadamente equivalente a la distancia…”.
What does legua mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininelegua, Spanish league (a traditional unit of distance equivalent to about 4.2 km)
- 2
femininemile (any great distance)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Medida de longitud, de dimensión variable según los sistemas, aproximadamente equivalente a la distancia recorrida durante una hora caminando a paso normal.
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 legua
- leguas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce legua?
- /ˈleɡwa/
- [ˈle.ɣ̞wa]
- [ˈleɣ̞wa]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to legua
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is legua in Spanish?
legua appears 1.2 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).