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I need help. Anybody know this word "nena?" Can you tell me what it is in English?

52321 viewsupdated Jul 5, 2017edited by --Mariana--posted by rachel_2009Rachel, please let me remind you that proper capitalization and punctuation are mandatory here on the forum; we have members learning English and don't want to confuse them with improper English. - --Mariana--, Sep 9, 2009

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Nena can mean:

  1. a female baby
  2. a lovely way to call your girlfriend, wife, etc.
  3. a little female child
  4. any girl in general

Examples:

  1. ¡Qué hermosa nena! ¿cuándo nació?
  2. Hoy no llegaré a cenar nena, te quiero.
  3. ¿Cómo está tu nena? ¿ya cumplió 8?
  4. Hoy conocí a una hermosa nena en la clase de francés, tiene 25 años.
updated Jul 5, 2017edited by AntMexicoposted by AntMexicoI just added some examples. - AntMexico, Sep 9, 2009Great answer! - --Mariana--, Sep 9, 20092votes

Another colloquial term for the word nena" is associated with a behavior that displays cowardness, childishness or girly behavior.

For example: no seas nena y deja de llorar. -meaning don't be a girl/ sissy and stop crying. It's always good to see the context in which the word is being used.

updated Jul 5, 2017posted by Andrea11460votes

I wonder why you can't double click the word when it is in our dictionary?

nena

updated Sep 9, 2009posted by 0074b507This doesn't appear to work... All I get is "nena = nena (may not be accurate)" - AnnoLoki, Sep 9, 2009It gave 'babe' for me. - Zoltán, Sep 9, 20090votes

Nena = baby / small child

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