nano
Spanish, noun
nano is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “bro, kiddo, dude” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a tilde, ñaño is a different word: “older brother”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Persona en su juventud”.
What does nano mean in English?
noun
- 1
Spaincolloquialmasculinebro, kiddo, dude
prefix
- 1
nano- (one billionth, 10⁻⁹)
noun
- 1
colloquialmasculineolder brother
- 2
colloquialmasculinea male relative, such as a cousin or uncle, with whom one has a close affective relationship
- 3
colloquialmasculinebrother, especially a liked one
- 4
colloquialinformalmasculinebrother
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
prefix: 1. Elemento compositivo utilizado en unidades de medida para denotar la milmillonésima parte (10⁻⁹). 2. Elemento compositivo usado en la nanotecnología.
noun: 1. Persona en su juventud.
interjection: 1. Se usa intercalado en la frase para referirse o captar la atención del interlocutor.
noun: 1. Hermano mayor. 2. Hermano. 3. Menor de edad, niño.
adjective: 1. Sobreprotegido, consentido o mimado. 2. Unido por una estrecha amistad o hermandad.
noun: 1. Hombre homosexual.
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 nano
- nanos plural
- ñaños plural
- ñaña feminine
- ñañas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to nano
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is nano in Spanish?
nano appears 2.1 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).