malla
Spanish, noun
malla is spelled M-A-L-L-A (5 letters) and appears 3.1 times per million words in written Spanish, the 16,777th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Malla is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “mesh, net” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of mallar. With an accent, mallá is a different word: “second-person singular voseo imperative of mallar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Cada uno de los cuadriláteros que, formados por cuerdas o hilos que se cruzan y se anudan en sus cuatro…”.
What does malla mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemesh, net
- 2
femininetights, leggings
- 3
femininestrap handle
- 4
femininea bag made of thin plastic cords
- 5
feminineswimsuit
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
second-person singular voseo imperative of mallar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Cada uno de los cuadriláteros que, formados por cuerdas o hilos que se cruzan y se anudan en sus cuatro vértices, constituyen el tejido de la red. 2. Tejido de pequeños anillos o eslabones de hierro o de otro metal, enlazados entre sí, del que se hacían las cotas y otras armaduras defensivas, y se hacen actualmente portamonedas, bolsas y otros utensilios. 3. Cada uno de los eslabones de que se forma este tejido. 4. Tejido semejante al de la malla de la red.
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 malla
- mallas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to malla
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is malla in Spanish?
malla appears 3.1 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).