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ñañita

Spanish, noun

ñañita is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “little sister” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). Without its tilde, nanita is a different word: “diminutive of nana”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Diminutivo de ñaña (hermana)”.

What does ñañita mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    Latin-Americafeminineinformallittle sister

  2. 2

    feminineinformalbrat, spoiled, coddled, sometimes a term of endearment

  3. 3

    feminineraresmall bruise, specially on small children

noun

as nanita
  1. 1

    femininediminutive of nana

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Diminutivo de ñaña (hermana). 2. Persona excesivamente sobreprotegida.

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 ñañita

  • ñañitas plural
  • nanitas plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How common is ñañita in Spanish?

ñañita appears about once in every 13 million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).