saña
Spanish, noun
saña is spelled S-A-Ñ-A (4 letters) and appears 15 times per million words in written Spanish, the 5,184th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Saña is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “furor, rage” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). Without its tilde, sana is a different word: “third-person singular present indicative”. With an accent, saná is a different word: “second-person singular voseo imperative of sanar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Enojo ciego; acceso súbito y violento de ira”.
What does saña mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininefuror, rage
- 2
femininemalice, viciousness
- 3
femininecruelty
- 4
femininespite
adjective
- 1
femininefeminine singular of sano
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
second-person singular voseo imperative of sanar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Enojo ciego; acceso súbito y violento de ira. 2. Intención cruel de causar daño.
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 saña
- sañas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to saña
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is saña in Spanish?
saña appears 15 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).