manía
Spanish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Borrowed from Latin mania or Ancient Greek μανία (manía, “madness”).[1]
Noun edit
manía f (plural manías)
- mania, bad habit, obsession
- mania (violent derangement)
- mania (craze, something popular at the time)
- dislike
- foible, quirk (unusual habit or way)
Related terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
manía
References edit
- ^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
Further reading edit
- “manía”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014