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Definition of Manana

1. Noun. An indefinite time in the future.

Definition of Manana

1. Noun. (alternative spelling of mañana) ¹

2. Adverb. tomorrow ¹

3. Adverb. 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'. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Manana

1. tomorrow [n -S] - See also: tomorrow

Lexicographical Neighbors of Manana

Literary usage of Manana

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. From Waterloo to the Peninsula: Four Months' Hard Labor in Belgium, Holland by George Augustus Sala (1867)
"manana means to-morrow; but what has manana or to-morrow to do with " mooning"? ... manana is an institution. manana is the chief and most mysterious of the ..."

2. The Winning of Barbara Worth by Harold Bell Wright (1911)
"manana! manana! TO-MORROW! TO-MORROW! HE night when Abe Lee started on his ride from Republic to San Felipe passed quietly in the little ..."

3. Indian Wars of New England by Herbert Milton Sylvester (1910)
"Other stones of a similar character are to be seen elsewhere about New England — notably, a boulder at Damariscotta, and as well, at manana, a bit of rock ..."

4. American Supremacy: The Rise and Progress of the Latin American Republics by George Washington Crichfield (1908)
"And manana never comes. Prometheus stands as the eternal prototype of enterprise and civilization in Latin America. Will the vulture never finish eating out ..."

5. Charles the Third of Spain: The Stanhope Essay, 1900 by Joseph Addison (1900)
"... both acted thoroughly up to the policy of “manana,” which says “Never do to-day what you can put off till to-morrow.” To the light-hearted and ..."

6. Motor Journeys by Louise Closser Hale, Walter Hale (1912)
"Ill THE manana HABIT IT HAD been creeping over us ever since our arrival at Gibraltar. We attributed the condition to various causes, such as " feeling the ..."

7. In Foreign Fields: Sketches of Travel in South America and Western Europe by Joseph Elwyn Wing (1913)
""VAMOS A MADRYN, manana." The Spanish language is peculiar; its verbs are perplexing. For instance, I wished to give notice to my landlady that in the ..."

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