megalómano

See also: megalômano

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• megalômano (Brazil)

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɛ.ɡɐˈlɔ.mɐ.nu/ [mɛ.ɣɐˈlɔ.mɐ.nu]

• Rhymes: -ɔmɐnu
• Hyphenation: me‧ga‧ló‧ma‧no

Adjective

megalómano (feminine megalómana, masculine plural megalómanos, feminine plural megalómanas)

1. European Portuguese form standard spelling of megalômano.

Noun

megalómano m (plural megalómanos, feminine megalómana, feminine plural megalómanas)

1. European Portuguese form standard spelling of megalômano.

Spanish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μεγαλο- (megalo-) (from μέγας (mégas, “great”)) + -mano, or a back-formation from megalomanía.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /meɡaˈlomano/ [me.ɣ̞aˈlo.ma.no]
• Rhymes: -omano
• Syllabification: me‧ga‧ló‧ma‧no

Noun

megalómano m (plural megalómanos, feminine megalómana, feminine plural megalómanas)

1. megalomaniac

Related terms

• megalomanía

 

Further reading

• “megalómano”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014