americana
Spanish, noun/ameɾiˈkana/
americana is spelled A-M-E-R-I-C-A-N-A (9 letters) and appears 25 times per million words in written Spanish, the 3,239th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Americana is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “a cloth jacket with lapels and buttons, reaching below the hip” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a female equivalent of americano. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Prenda de vestir semejante a la chaqueta, pero más larga”.
What does americana mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininefemale equivalent of americano
- 2
femininea cloth jacket with lapels and buttons, reaching below the hip
adjective
- 1
femininefeminine singular of americano
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Prenda de vestir semejante a la chaqueta, pero más larga.
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 americana
- americanas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce americana?
- /ameɾiˈkana/
- [a.me.ɾiˈka.na]
- [ameɾiˈkana]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to americana
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is americana in Spanish?
americana appears 25 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).