Mile in Spanish 🇪🇸

Pronunciation

Normal speech: MEE-yah
IPA: ˈmiʎa

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Other meanings

In some contexts, “milla” can also refer to a racetrack or circuit used for automobile or horse racing.

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Do not confuse with

“Mila”, which is a name and not a unit of measurement.

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Variations by Country

In some Spanish-speaking countries, such as Mexico and some Central American countries, the term “legua” is also used to refer to a unit of measurement approximately equal to 5 kilometers.

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mnemonic

“Milla” can be remembered by thinking of the phrase “Mi llama es la más rápida en la milla” which means “My llama is the fastest in the mile”.

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cultural referece

In Spanish-speaking countries, the mile is not commonly used as a unit of measurement in everyday life, as the metric system is used instead.

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idioms

“Echar una milla” meaning “to go the extra mile”. This idiom is used to describe going above and beyond what is expected or required in a situation. For example, “El equipo decidió echar una milla para ganar el partido” meaning “The team decided to go the extra mile to win the game”.

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usage

It is used to refer to a unit of measurement equal to 1,609.34 meters or approximately 1.6 kilometers.

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origin

The word “milla” comes from the Latin “milia passuum” meaning “thousand paces”.

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milla info.

Tips to remember the word ‘milla’:
– Associate ‘milla’ with the English word ‘mile’ since they look and sound quite similar.
– Think of the phrase “una MILLA extra” which translates to “an extra MILE,” highlighting the direct connection between the two.

Explanations:
– ‘Milla’ is a unit of length in the metric system equivalent to approximately 1.609 kilometers or 5,280 feet. In Spanish-speaking countries, it is used to measure distances just like ‘mile’ in English-speaking countries.

Other words that mean the same thing:
– Kilómetro: This is more commonly used in countries that use the metric system. 1 ‘milla’ is approximately 1.609 kilómetros.

Alternate meanings like slang:
– ‘Milla’ does not have widely recognized slang meanings in Spanish as it is primarily a unit of measurement.

Examples of sentences that use ‘milla’:
– “Corrí cinco millas esta mañana” (I ran five miles this morning).
– “El parque está a solo una milla de aquí” (The park is just a mile from here).
– “Ella siempre va la milla extra en su trabajo” (She always goes the extra mile at her job).
– “Necesitas caminar unas dos millas más para llegar al lago” (You need to walk about two more miles to get to the lake).
– “El auto tiene mil millas en el odómetro” (The car has a thousand miles on the odometer).

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