isleño

/isˈleɲo/

adjective B2

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

Forms

feminine: isleña
plural: isleños

Meaning

island
- Es un pueblo isleño.
  
  It's an island village.

Similar words

insular

insular is more formal or geographic, and can also carry the figurative sense of "closed-minded"; isleño is more about culturally being from an island — both mean "island" as an adjective.

Similar in other languages

French

île

île is the French word for the same thing — both mean "island."

Portuguese

ilha

ilha is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "island."

Practice

1 What does isleño mean?

2 Fill the gap: Es un pueblo ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches isleño?

adjective

Last updated 2026-09-25