perla
Spanish, noun
perla is spelled P-E-R-L-A (5 letters) and appears 6.8 times per million words in written Spanish, the 9,590th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Perla is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “pearl” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of perlar. With an accent, perlá is a different word: “second-person singular voseo imperative of perlar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Concreción densa, lustrosa y esferoide que se forma con capas concéntricas de nácar en el interior de la…”.
What does perla mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininepearl
- 2
femininebead
- 3
femininepall
noun
- 1
datedfemininea small size of type, standardized as 4 or 5 point
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
second-person singular voseo imperative of perlar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Concreción densa, lustrosa y esferoide que se forma con capas concéntricas de nácar en el interior de la concha de algunos moluscos como reacción anómala a la penetración natural o artificial de un cuerpo extraño en su interior. Se utiliza socialmente como gema o como adorno. 2. Sustantivo aplicado a cualquier persona o cosa para mostrar su aprecio.. 3. Sustantivo que aplicado a una persona muestra rechazo por su comportamiento o actitud.. 4. Figura en forma de y, que forma parte de las piezas principales de un escudo, y que se daba a los caballeros como premio de una carrera a caballo.
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 perla
- perlas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to perla
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is perla in Spanish?
perla appears 6.8 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).