maña

See also: Appendix:Variations of "mana"

Asturian

Etymology

Possibly from a Vulgar Latin *mania (“manual skill or ability"”), itself possibly from Latin manus (“hand”). Compare Spanish maña, Galician maña, Portuguese manha.

Noun

maña f (plural mañes)

1. skill

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Crimean Tatar

Pronoun

maña

1. to me

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Galician

Etymology

Possibly from a Vulgar Latin *mania (“manual skill or ability"”), itself possibly from Latin manus (“hand”). Compare Portuguese manha, Asturian maña, Spanish maña.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmaɲɐ]

Noun

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.

References

• 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

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Salar

Pronoun

maña

1. to me (dative of men)

References

• 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

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaɲa/ [ˈma.ɲa]

Etymology 1

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

Noun

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

Derived terms

• amañar
• artimaña

Related terms

• mañoso

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

maña

1. feminine singular of maño

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

maña

1. feminine singular of maño

Noun

maña f (plural mañas, masculine maño, masculine plural maños)

1. female equivalent of maño

Further reading

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