My mom has a Mexican lady that is a close friend who she used to work with. This friend calls my mom “sharona” often. What does “sharona” mean? For the record, my mom’s name is not Sharona.
what is your mother’s name?
[“The Knack” voice]
Momma: my mom, Sharona!
[/“The Knack” voice]
[sub]I feel so dirty…[/sub]
Altavista translates the spanish word “Sharona” into english as “Sharona”.
Hope that helps.
Is this your Mom? 
http://www.ew.com/ew/features/980612/sharona/
This always helps…
One of the best translators I’ve found. Sharona doesn’t seem to be a recognized word tho’. I’ll ask my SO, she’s Honduran, but more than likely it’s prolly some regional slang for a term of endearment.
There must be some pressing reason why you or your mom just don’t ask her friend what the word means, right?
Is your mom a judge? maybe she’s saying “Yes Your Honor”
I think its slang or a term of endearment for “ma’am”
Maybe ‘sharona’ spoken isn’t the same written? Did you get it in writing?
Latina checking in.
Um, there is no such word in Spanish that correlates to “sharona”. Can you give me a context or perhaps a phonetic spelling of it?
It’s not Ma’am, btw. That’s “Dona” (with the ~ over the n), pronounced “doun-ya”.
i’m not familiar w/ a lot of words mexicans use, but i think they might be using the feminine form of “varon”. in this sense, it would basically mean man of the house (but feminine). “varona” isn’t really a proper word. a sign of respect/good manners really. i’m actually part spanish, so i’m just guessing. i’ve heard mexicans use varon and varona before…
Here’s a quote from an email from my mom’s friend.
I hope this helps to figure out it’s meaning.
No, not really, but I do not know my mom’s friend, as we have only met in passing. The friend no longer works at the company that my mom does, so they have unintentionally drifted apart. They keep in touch by email .
My mother’s name is Ramona.
Probably a nickname then. Anyone remember the song “My Sharona”? He’s talking about a girl, right?
I know the Dead Kennedys parody, “My Payola,” much better.
MR
This from a website called ‘What’s in a Name?’:
SHARON is an Hebrew name,
Traced to the land at the foot of Mt, Carmel’
SHARON, SHARLA, SHAR, SHARONDA, SHARRY, SHARONA, SHARELL
And when you’re with a gal named SHARON
You can really tell
Cause SHARON’S sharin’ all her love
Her time and her talents as well.
(Don’t ask me what the insipid poem means)
Sharona is also the name of a village in Northern Israel
With your mom’s name being Ramona, could Sharona just be her friends pet name for her? You don’t say if this is a mystery to your mother or not – do you think she knows, but can’t or don’t want to ask her?
I don’t feel comfortable asking my mother about it. I don’t know if she knows what it means, but I can’t ask her about it. It wouldn’t be appropriate, IMHO.
Wow. Well, I’m a native speaker and this word stumped me.
I had figured you had misheard the word or something. I scratched my head and just had to call my mom. Her first reaction was, “It’s a nickname.” We figured this cause since “Ramona” and “Sharona” rhyme and it’s common to have nicknames for friends and relatives.
My mom’s boyfriend overheard the conversation. Turns out he’s Mexican and in Mexican slang, according to him, “sharona” means “woman or lady”.
So there you go. Until me or my mom hear differently (she’ll ask some of her Mexican friends), you can assume “sharona” means “woman”.
PS. “Varon” means “male”. It does not refer to the man of the house. That’s “Don”, which means both “mister” and “master [of the house]”.
One last thought:
It’s no surprise but Spanish varies from country to country (much like English varies from America to England). We can all understand each other but there are slang phrases that trip up even native speakers.
It’s amazing to me that the “Sh” was able to creep into the Spanish language. I didn’t think it existed. I guess that’s what happens when you come to the Americas.