nona
Spanish, noun
nona is spelled N-O-N-A (4 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish, the 41,234th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Nona is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “grandma nana” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a feminine singular of nono. With a tilde, ñoña is a different word: “feminine singular of ñoño”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Última de las cuatro partes iguales en que dividían los romanos el día artificial, y comprendía desde el fin…”.
What does nona mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininegrandma nana
adjective
- 1
femininefeminine singular of nono
adjective
- 1
femininefeminine singular of ñoño
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Excremento humano o animal. 2. Falta de esfuerzo o dedicación para la realización de las tareas necesarias o prescritas.
noun: 1. Última de las cuatro partes iguales en que dividían los romanos el día artificial, y comprendía desde el fin de la novena hora temporal, a media tarde, hasta el fin de la duodécima y última, a la puesta del Sol. 2. En el rezo eclesiástico, última de las horas menores, que se dice antes de vísperas.
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 nona
- nonas plural
- ñoñas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is nona in Spanish?
nona appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).