local
Spanish, noun/loˈkal/
local is spelled L-O-C-A-L (5 letters) and appears 129 times per million words in written Spanish, the 672nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Local is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “premises, rooms” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Sitio cerrado y cubierto, generalmente utilizado con fines comerciales”.
What does local mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculinelocal
noun
- 1
masculinepremises, rooms
- 2
Mexicomasculinestore or other retail unit in a shopping center
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Relativo o perteneciente a un lugar. 2. Municipal, provincial o estatal (en algunos países de América), en oposición a lo nacional. 3. Que solamente influye en una porción de un todo.
noun: 1. Sitio cerrado y cubierto, generalmente utilizado con fines comerciales.
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 local
- locales feminine masculine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce local?
- /loˈkal/
- [loˈkal]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to local
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is local in Spanish?
local appears 129 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).