parla
Spanish, noun
parla is spelled P-A-R-L-A (5 letters) and appears 1.2 times per million words in written Spanish, the 31,673rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Parla is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “loose talk (just words)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of parlar. With an accent, parlá is a different word: “second-person singular voseo imperative of parlar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Acción o efecto de parlar”.
What does parla mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineloose talk (just words)
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
second-person singular voseo imperative of parlar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Acción o efecto de parlar. 2. Chamuyo, capacidad para parlar.
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 parla
- parlas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to parla
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is parla in Spanish?
parla 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).