Noun: isla
Gender: f
Hyphenation: is‧la
| Singular f | isla |
| Plural f | islas |
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like isla
enlatadora,
gencianilla,
paletada,
interneurona,
palestra,
quinacridona,
uridina,
bacinilla,
sopaipilla,
histerectomía,
desaveniencia,
baicaleína,
mesanina,
delicatessen,
hipertrigliceridemia,
teleasistencia,
sequía,
serifa,
seroja,
sesera, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
Inherited from Old Spanish isla, from Vulgar Latin *īsula, from Latin īnsula (compare Catalan illa, French île, Galician insua, Italian isola, Portuguese ínsua). Doublet of ínsula, a borrowing. Cognate with English isle but false cognate of English island. See: Latin Nouns '
īnsula', Catalan Nouns '
illa', French Nouns '
île', Galician Nouns '
insua', Italian Nouns '
isola', Portuguese Nouns '
ínsua', English Nouns '
isle', English Nouns '
island'.
Verbs referencing "isla"
Portuguese Nouns
ilha, Catalan Nouns
illa, Galician Nouns
insua.
Translations