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‖ mañana, adv. and n.|maˈɲana, məˈnjɑːnə|
[Sp., tomorrow, morrow, f. cras mañana lit. tomorrow early, f. pop.L. *maneana early, f. L. māne in the morning.]
A. adv. Tomorrow, on the day after today.
B. n. Tomorrow, the day next after the present. Often taken as a synonym of easy-going procrastination as said to be found in Spanish-speaking countries: the indefinite future. Phr. land (or kingdom) of mañana: sometimes applied spec. to Mexico.
1845R. Ford Hand-bk. for Travellers Spain I. ii. 144 Andalucia... Nowhere will the stranger hear more frequently those talismanic words which mark national character..the Manaña [sic], [etc.]. 1879J. W. Boddam-Whetham Roraima & Brit. Guiana xviii. 208 With an Indian the morrow is as indefinite a period as ‘mañana’ with the Spaniards. 1885Harper's Mag. Jan. 217/2 Is Cedar Keys just on the borderland of that vast region known as the kingdom of Mañana? 1889E. Ripley From Flag to Flag 165 Their mañana never came, never was intended to come. 1903A. Adams Log of Cowboy 138 Flood had had years of experience in dealing with Mexicans in the land of mañana, where all maxims regarding the value of time are religiously discarded. 1910Daily News 27 Sept. 4 The ‘manana’ boys didn't work quick enough for him, so he put the crew on. 1927D. H. Lawrence Mornings in Mexico 59 Mañana, to the native, may mean to-morrow, three days hence, six months hence, and never. 1938‘G. Orwell’ Homage to Catalonia i. 12 A promise that there should be machine-gun instruction mañana. Needless to say mañana never came. 1961Guardian 23 Jan. 6/7 ‘Mañana’ is a concept that exists far outside the Spanish world. 1973C. Bonington Next Horizon xiv. 201 The elaborate etiquette and principle of mañana (leave everything until tomorrow, in the absolute confidence that tomorrow will never arrive), which dominates all dealings in South America. 1973Nat. Geographic May 658/1 With a dispatch that put the lie to those who claim this [sc. Mexico] is the land of mañana, the orders went out to build a subway. |