ahorita
Spanish, adverb/aoˈɾita/
ahorita is a Spanish adverb meaning “later” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a diminutive of ahora: now, right now. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Ahora, En un momento, enseguida, ahora mismo o hace un momento”.
What does ahorita mean in English?
adverb
- 1
Latin-Americacolloquialdiminutive of ahora: now, right now
Ahorita vamos a verle.
- 2
Latin-Americacolloquiallater
- 3
colloquialearlier
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adverb: 1. Ahora, En un momento, enseguida, ahora mismo o hace un momento.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of ahorita
- agorita alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ahorita?
- /aoˈɾita/
- [a.oˈɾi.t̪a]
- [aoˈɾit̪a]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is ahorita in Spanish?
ahorita appears 11 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).