villa

small town

2,001–3,000 #2,881

Meanings

noun, feminine

  1. small town
  2. villa
  3. settlement 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. Paraguay, Rioplatense, abbreviation, ellipsis ellipsis of villa miseria (“slum”)

In sentences

Él tuvo que dejar la villa. He had to leave the village. #1243168

Todos en la villa lo conocían. Everybody in the village knew him. #1143520

Tom vive en una pequeña villa. Tom lives in a small village. #1498817

El terreno se volvió una villa. The land became a slum. #1390969

Toda la villa salió a recibirlo. The whole village came out to welcome him. #1456391

Tom corrió de regreso a la villa. Tom ran back to the village. #1526138

Mi tío tiene una granja en la villa. My uncle has a farm in the village. #1522808

Ella era querida por todos en la villa. She was loved by everybody in the village. #1406550