sayonara
Spanish, noun/saʝoˈnaɾa/
sayonara is spelled S-A-Y-O-N-A-R-A (8 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written Spanish, the 85,557th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sayonara is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “flip-flop, thong (Australia), jandal (New Zealand)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does sayonara mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineflip-flop, thong (Australia), jandal (New Zealand)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of sayonara
- sayonaras plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sayonara?
- /saʝoˈnaɾa/
- [sa.ʝoˈna.ɾa]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is sayonara in Spanish?
sayonara appears about once in every 5 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).