persona

Meaning

Noun

1. (feminine) person (an individual; usually a human being)
2. (feminine) a socially distinguished person, a personality
3. (feminine) a wise or otherwise excellent person
4. (feminine) a character (an individual with a specific role in a literary work)

Verb

only used in se persona, third-person singular present indicative of personarse

Hyphenated as

per‧so‧na

Pronounced as (IPA)

/peɾˈsona/

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin persōna (“person”).

Sentences

Mi padre nunca se consideró una persona especial .

My father never considered himself a special person.

Los otros dos libros de la trilogía , en cambio , están narrados en tercera persona .

The other two books in the trilogy, on the other hand, are narrated in the third person.

Fundó la Revista Caribe sobre literatura cubana y la editorial Persona .

He founded the Revista Caribe sobre literatura cubana and the publishing house Persona.