nana
Meanings
Noun
1. nanny (Latin America)
2. granny, grandmother (colloquial)
3. housekeeper (Chile)
4. lullaby
5. a kind of small sack
6. mommy; mom; mother (dated, Guatemala)
7. boo-boo (Rioplatense, Chile, childish)
8. pains and aches of old age (Rioplatense, Paraguay, chiefly in the plural)
Examples6
Su voz es como una nana.
Her voice is like a lullaby.
¿Eres la nana nueva?
Are you the new nanny?
Ann le cantó una nana a su hermana pequeña.
Ann sang a lullaby for her little sister.
Mi nana fue operada en Alemania.
My grandmother underwent surgery in Germany.
En todas las culturas se duerme a los bebés con nanas.
In all cultures, babies fall asleep to lullabies.
Mis papás quieren echar a la nana porque no tienen con qué pagarle.
My parents want to dismiss our nurse because they don't have enough money to pay her.