mañana
Americannoun
adverb
noun
Etymology
Origin of mañana
First recorded in 1840–45; from Spanish: “morning, tomorrow,” from Vulgar Latin maneana (unrecorded), feminine of maneanus “early,” equivalent to Latin māne “early in the morning” + -ānus -an ( def. )
Example Sentences
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“Sí, a son and two nephews. I will go mañana to visit them, and then in three days I will come back.”
From "Lupita Mañana" by Patricia Beatty
“Now tell me that mañana will be better, Lupita.”
From "Lupita Mañana" by Patricia Beatty
When she’d been stuck on the boat in the storm, the lady with the two little kids had said everything would be all right mañana.
From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz
When I was little and I got the slightest injury, Mami, Papi, Abue, Toño—whoever was closest—patted my hurt and said to me this: Sana, sana, colita de rana, si no sanas hoy, sanarás mañana.
From "Beast Rider" by Tony Johnston & María Elena Fontanot de Rhoads
“Perhaps mañana will be better for you and her, Salvador.”
From "Lupita Mañana" by Patricia Beatty
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