This is the 6634th most frequent Russian word.
last
The Russian word "ласт" translates to "flipper" or "fin" in English, typically referring to swim fins or parts of aquatic creatures.
Using 'последний' to mean 'last' in a temporal context.
Я был очень счастлив в последние дни.
I was very happy in the last days.
Using 'последний' to mean 'last' in a positional ranking context.
Она получила последнее место на соревновании.
She got the last place in the competition.
Using 'последний' to mean 'last' as in final remaining of something.