valla
Spanish, noun
valla is spelled V-A-L-L-A (5 letters) and appears 5.4 times per million words in written Spanish, the 11,366th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Valla is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “fence” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of vallar. With an accent, vallá is a different word: “second-person singular voseo imperative of vallar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Cerca hecha con diversos materiales, para delimitar un lugar o para cercarlo”.
What does valla mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininefence
- 2
femininebarricade
- 3
feminineobstacle; hurdle
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
second-person singular voseo imperative of vallar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Cerca hecha con diversos materiales, para delimitar un lugar o para cercarlo. 2. Obstáculo físico o simbólico.
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 valla
- vallas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to valla
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is valla in Spanish?
valla appears 5.4 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).