manía

See also: mania, Mania, mânià, mânia, -manía, manią, -mania, and -manią

Spanish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /maˈnia/ [maˈni.a]
  • 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)

Verb

manía

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

References
  1. Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

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