nomás
Spanish, conjunction/noˈmas/
nomás is spelled N-O-M-Á-S (5 letters) and appears 6.8 times per million words in written Spanish, the 9,590th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Nomás is a Spanish conjunction meaning “as soon as” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does nomás mean in English?
adverb
- 1
Latin-Americaonly, just
conjunction
- 1
Latin-Americaas soon as
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adverb: 1. Tan solo, solamente, solo. 2. Exhortativamente, añade énfasis a la expresión. Dormí nomás. 3. Apenas, precisamente.
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.
How do you pronounce nomás?
- /noˈmas/
- [noˈmas]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is nomás in Spanish?
nomás appears 6.8 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).