villa
Spanish, noun/ˈbiʝa/
villa is spelled V-I-L-L-A (5 letters) and appears 59 times per million words in written Spanish, the 1,476th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Villa is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “small town” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Casa de recreo en el campo, que no forma parte de un núcleo de población”.
What does villa mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininesmall town
- 2
femininevilla
- 3
femininesettlement with a minimum of five thousand inhabitants (bigger than a town but smaller than a city) that has asked for the title officially; previously, this title was granted by the king
- 4
feminineellipsis of villa miseria (“slum”)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Casa de recreo en el campo, que no forma parte de un núcleo de población. 2. Población con ciertos privilegios que la distinguen de una aldea. 3. Suburbio habitado por gente pobre.
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 villa
- villas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce villa?
- /ˈbiʝa/
- [ˈbi.ʝa]
- Spain [ˈbiʝa]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to villa
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is villa in Spanish?
villa appears 59 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).