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mañana

mañana

4 8.8
A time in the future, often tomorrow
  • noun
  • /mɑːˈnjɑːnə/
translation icon : mañana
  • See you mañana.
  • see you mañana

Examples

Synonyms

future
vsmañana
1.0

The time that comes after the present

focuses on an indefinite or nearer time, often tomorrow or later
time to come
vsmañana
27 3.6

The time that comes after now

often means a nearer unspecified time such as tomorrow or later
manana
vsmañana
  • Informal
1 9.9

A future time with no fixed date that often means it will be done later

is a neutral unspecified future often meaning tomorrow or later

Antonyms

570 1.3

Happening at once without any delay

now
4 1.0

The present moment when something is happening

Idioms

to do it mañana
  • Informal
9.9

To wait until tomorrow to do something instead of doing it now

How Soon

futurity
1 9.5
sometime
791 2.2
mañana
4 8.8
tomorrow
1.0

Surface Forms

mañana singular
mañanas plural

Etymology

Mañana comes from Spanish and the old Latin root mane, both meaning 'morning'. So it came to mean 'tomorrow' or 'later' — the 'morning that comes next', which helps you remember it as a time in the future.