"tomorrow" in seven languages
Meaningtomorrow
Spanish
mañana
/maˈɲana/
inherited
From *MANEĀNA (hōra) 'early hour'; the same word means 'morning'.
French
demain
/dəmɛ̃/
inherited
From DĒ MANE 'from the morning on'.
Italian
domani
/doˈmani/
inherited
From DĒ MANE, like French demain.
Portuguese
amanhã
/amaˈɲɐ̃/
inherited
Romanian
mâine
/ˈmɨjne/
inherited
Catalan
demà
/dəˈma/
inherited
From DĒ MANE; Catalan drops final -n after the stressed vowel, as in MANUM → mà.
English
tomorrow
/təˈmɑɹoʊ/
native English · Old English tō morgenne 'in the morning'
English → ItaliantomorrowdomaniNot relatedDifferent sources — learn this one fresh.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
MANE‘in the morning, early’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
Tomorrow is 'the morning' everywhere. Spanish mañana does double duty: mañana por la mañana = tomorrow morning.
Learn it
In a sentence
- es¡Hasta mañana!
- frÀ demain !
- itA domani!
- ptAté amanhã!
- roPe mâine!
- caFins demà!
- enSee you tomorrow!