sorna
Spanish, noun
sorna is spelled S-O-R-N-A (5 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish, the 55,445th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sorna is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “sarcasm, irony” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of sornar. With an accent, sorná is a different word: “second-person singular voseo imperative of sornar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Noche”.
What does sorna mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininesarcasm, irony
- 2
femininesarcastic tone
- 3
feminineslowness
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
second-person singular voseo imperative of sornar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Noche. 2. Tardanza, parsimonia. 3. Disimulo y bellaquería con que se hace o se dice una cosa con alguna tardanza voluntaria. 4. Ironía.
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 sorna
- sornas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to sorna
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sorna in Spanish?
sorna appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).