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Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmaɲo/
- Rhymes: -aɲo
- Syllabification: ma‧ño
Etymology 1
Learned borrowing from Latin magnus (“big”),[1] (cf. the less-nativized version magno), from Proto-Italic *magnos, from Proto-Indo-European *m̥ǵh₂nós, from *méǵh₂s (“great”). Cognate with English much.
Adjective
maño (feminine maña, masculine plural maños, feminine plural mañas)
- (archaic) big
Etymology 2
Unknown.
Adjective
maño (feminine maña, masculine plural maños, feminine plural mañas)
- of, from or relating to Aragón
2016 July 9, “El presidente de Asturias pide al PSC que defina su relación con el PSOE”, in El País:"A mí y a muchos socialistas nos inquieta profundamente que el PSOE recupere ese debate", ha afirmado el dirigente maño, que confía que esa "especie de distorsión" provocada por el replanteamiento del referéndum catalán se supere "cuanto antes".- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Noun
maño m (plural maños, feminine maña, feminine plural mañas)
- native or inhabitant of Aragón (male or of unspecified gender)
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