aña
Spanish, noun/ˈaɲa/
aña is spelled A-Ñ-A (3 letters) and appears about once in every 19 million words in written Spanish, the 160,355th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Aña is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “carer; babysitter” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does aña mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecarer; babysitter
prefix
- 1
ana-
suffix
- 1
femininefemale equivalent of -ano
suffix
- 1
femininefeminine singular of -ano
suffix
- 1
femininefeminine of -año
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
prefix: 1. Indica "sobre, de nuevo, hacia atrás, contra, según".
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 aña
- añas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce aña?
- /ˈaɲa/
- [ˈa.ɲa]
- /ˈana/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to aña
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is aña in Spanish?
aña appears about once in every 19 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).