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manana

manana

1 9.9
A future time with no fixed date that often means it will be done later
  • noun
  • /mɑːˈnɑːnə/
  • Informal
translation icon : mañana
  • He always promises to finish his work, but it's usually just a manana type of delay.

Examples

  • "Manana" is a whole philosophical condition

    Voyage of the Damned (1976)

  • Or as Peggy Lee sang long ago in a lost land, "Manana is soon enough for me."

    Blog text (23)

  • I assure you, this is not a case of manana.

    Fiction book (1999)

  • And the future is naught but a present yet to come, or a repetition of the past; in this sense, then, "manana" never comes.

    Academic text (1995)

  • We're headed there manana.

    2001 Maniacs (2005)

  • Hasta Manana.

    One of These Days (2021)

  • Let's relax and take care of that tomorrow, or as they say, it's more of a manana situation.

  • After much discussion, they decided to leave the plans for manana, thinking it would be easier to deal with later.

Synonyms

future
vsmanana
∞ 1.0

The time that comes after the present

carries a sense of vague postponement and relaxed delay rather than neutral time
mañana
vsmanana
4 8.8

A time in the future, often tomorrow

implies delay and a relaxed, procrastinating attitude rather than neutral timing

Antonyms

immediacy
16 5.8

A feeling that you are experiencing something directly right now

now
4 1.0

The present moment when something is happening

How Soon

now
∞ 1.0
soon
∞ 1.0
later
1.0
manana
  • Informal
1 9.9
someday
∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

manana singular
mananas plural

Etymology

Manana comes from Spanish mañana, which means 'morning' and also 'tomorrow'. Thinking of the 'next morning' led people to use it for doing something later, so manana suggests no exact time in the future and a relaxed 'I'll do it later' attitude.