gana
Spanish, noun
gana is spelled G-A-N-A (4 letters) and appears 65 times per million words in written Spanish, the 1,344th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gana is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “best translated with to feel like, to want” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of ganar. With a tilde, gaña is a different word: “first/third-person singular present subjunctive”. With an accent, ganá is a different word: “second-person singular voseo imperative of ganar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Deseo, apetito, voluntad natural de alguna cosa”.
What does gana mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininebest translated with to feel like, to want
No tengo ganas (de hacer eso).
- 2
feminineurge, uses a "tengo ganas de" or "me dan ganas de" construction
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- 2
third-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
second-person singular voseo imperative of ganar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Deseo, apetito, voluntad natural de alguna cosa
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 gana
- ganas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to gana
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is gana in Spanish?
gana appears 65 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).