Polyglot Dictionary

mañana

/maˈɲana/

adverb, noun A1

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural (noun)
las mañanas

Meaning

  1. tomorrow

    as an adverb

    • Nos vemos mañana.

      See you tomorrow.

    • Mañana por la tarde tengo clase.

      Tomorrow afternoon I have class.

  2. morning

    as a feminine noun, *la mañana*

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Similar in other languages

French

demain

demain is the French word for the same thing — both mean "tomorrow."

Portuguese

amanhã

amanhã is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "tomorrow."

Usage notes

The two senses are told apart by what comes before the word: bare mañana is tomorrow, while la mañana is the morning. So mañana por la mañana means "tomorrow morning".

Synonyms

  • madrugada

Opposites

  • ayer
  • noche

See also

timecore-vocabularytwo-meanings

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