maña

From Vulgar Latin *mania (“manual skill”), from Latin manus (“hand”).

maña f (plural mañes)

1. skill

• mağa (northern and middle dialect)

• Hyphenation: ma‧ña

maña

1. dative of men: to me

• “maña”, in Luğatçıq (in Russian)

From Vulgar Latin *mania (“manual skill”), from Latin manus (“hand”).

• IPA^(key):

maña f (plural mañas)

1. skill, aptitude

   Synonyms: destreza, habelencia, habilidade, xeito

2. (archaic) way, manner

   Synonyms: maneira, modo

3. bad habit, vice, mania

   Synonyms: vezo, vicio

   • 19th century, folk song:

     Os dentes d'a miña dòna
     mòrdenme, cando lle rifo.
     Hèilles de pasa-l-a lima
     por s'esa maña lle quito.

     My wife's teeth
     bite me when I tell her off.
     I'll file them
     in case this vice I remove from her.

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “manna”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “maña”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “manna”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “maña”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “maña”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “maña”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “maña”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

maña

1. to me (dative of men)

• Tenishev, Edhem (1976) “maña”, in Stroj salárskovo jazyká [Grammar of Salar], Moscow
• Ma, Chengjun, Han, Lianye, Ma, Weisheng (December 2010) “maña”, in 米娜瓦尔 艾比布拉 (Minavar Abibra), editor, 撒维汉词典 (Sāwéihàncídiǎn) [Salar-Uyghur-Chinese dictionary] (in Chinese), 1st edition, Beijing, →ISBN, page 362

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaɲa/
• Rhymes: -aɲa
• Syllabification: ma‧ña

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *mania (“manual skill”), from Latin manus (“hand”). The sense of "mania" may have been influenced by manía, from the (unrelated) Latin mania. Compare Portuguese manha.

maña f (plural mañas)

1. skill, aptitude, knack

   Synonyms: destreza, habilidad, talento

2. trick (something designed to fool)
3. (Latin America) bad habit, vice, mania

   Synonyms: vicio, resabio, manía

4. (Latin America) bad temper, ill humor

   Synonym: cólera

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

maña

1. feminine singular of maño

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

maña f (plural mañas)

1. female equivalent of maño

maña

1. feminine singular of maño

• “maña”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10