manía

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Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /maˈnia/
  • Rhymes: -ia
  • Syllabification: ma‧ní‧a

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin mania or Ancient Greek μανία (manía, madness).[1]

Noun

manía f (plural manías)

  1. mania, bad habit, obsession
  2. mania (violent derangement)
  3. mania (craze, something popular at the time)
  4. dislike
  5. foible, quirk (unusual habit or way)

Etymology 2

Verb

manía

  1. first/third-person singular imperfect indicative of manir

References

  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “manía”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

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