hermana

Female sibling, Spanish

Hermana is Spanish for sister.

In English contexts, it signals Latina/Latino identity or cultural solidarity, often appearing alongside other Spanish kinship terms: She's not just my friend, she's my hermana.

The word carries warmth and implies a bond deeper than mere friendship.

family

sister

Female sibling

mother · father · family · cousin · aunt · niece · relatives · kinship · twins · younger

religious

nun

Hebrew alphabet's fourteenth

  • conventReligious sisters' dwelling
  • orderMethodical arrangement or request
  • veilFabric that obscures

habit · monastery · abbess · novice · vows · Catholic · clergy · devotion · prayer · community

affection

friend

Non-kin mutual bond

bestie · soul sister · bond · loyalty · solidarity · companionship · trust · closeness · sisterhood · support

twin

identical

Exactly the same

lookalike · double · pair · duplicate · bond · telepathy · inseparable · synchronized · twinship · similarity

Categories
Opposites
gender/sex of sibling

hermanahermano

Brother in Spanish

brother

family relationship type

hermanapadre

Military or Catholic cleric

hija · abuela · prima · hijo · abuelo

relational role

hermanarival

One who competes against

Family

hermit, hermitage, hermitic, eremite

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