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Alternative forms

• manana

Adverb

mañana ‎(not comparable)

1. Tomorrow.
2. Sometime in the future. Usually to say in a satirical sense 'sometime in the unspecified future, despite the fact that we were told tomorrow without fail'.

   The plumber said he would come tomorrow. But I think he will probably be here mañana.

   • 2015 July 7, Ian Traynor and Larry Elliott, “Greece given days to agree bailout deal or face banking collapse and euro exit”, in The Guardian^[]:

     "[With] the Greek government it is every time 'mañana'," said Lithuania’s president, Dalia Grybauskaitė, one of the Greek government’s harshest critics. "It can always be 'mañana' every day."

Translations

Asturian

Adverb

mañana

1. tomorrow

Noun

mañana f ‎(plural mañanes)

1. morning

Spanish

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *maneāna, from Latin māne. Compare Portuguese manhã

Adverb

mañana

1. tomorrow

   pasado mañana

   the day after tomorrow

   mañana por la mañana

   tomorrow morning

2. soon, shortly

Noun

mañana m, f ‎(plural mañanas)

1. (feminine) the morning

   A las ocho de la mañana.

   At eight in the morning.

   Él se levanta por las mañanas.

   He gets up in the mornings.

2. (masculine) the near future; tomorrow

   En el día del mañana.

   Some day in the near future.

Derived terms

See also

• ayer
• hoy