maña

See also: Appendix:Variations of "mana"

Asturian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaɲa/ [ˈma.ɲa]
• Rhymes: -aɲa
• Syllabification: ma‧ña

Noun

maña f (plural mañes)

1. skill

Chavacano

Etymology

Inherited from Spanish maña.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ma‧ña

Noun

maña

1. tantrum; whim

Crimean Tatar

Alternative forms

• mağa — northern and middle dialect

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ma‧ña

Pronoun

maña

1. dative of men: to me

Declension

Declension of Crimean Tatar personal pronouns

	singular				plural
	1st person	2nd person	3rd person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
nominative	men	sen	o		biz	siz	olar
accusative	meni	seni	onı		bizni	sizni	olarnı
dative	maña	saña	oña		bizge	sizge	olarǧa
locative	mende	sende	onda		bizde	sizde	olarda
ablative	menden	senden	ondan		bizden	sizden	olardan
genitive	menim	seniñ	onıñ		bizim	siziñ	olarnıñ

References

• “maña”, in Luğatçıq (in Russian)

Galician

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaɲa/ [ˈmã.ɲɐ]
• Rhymes: -aɲa
• Hyphenation: ma‧ña

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

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “manna”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “maña”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “maña”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “maña”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• 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

Salar

Pronoun

maña

1. to me (dative of men)

References

• Tenishev, Edhem (1976), “maña”, in Stroj salárskovo jazyká [Grammar of Salar], Moscow: Nauka
• 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 [Sā-Wéi-Hàn cídiǎn, Salar-Uyghur-Chinese dictionary] (in Chinese), 1st edition, Beijing, →ISBN, page 362

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaɲa/ [ˈma.ɲa]
• Rhymes: -aɲa
• Syllabification: ma‧ña

Etymology 1

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.

Noun

maña f (plural mañas)

1. skill, aptitude, knack

   Synonyms: destreza, habilidad, talento

2. trick (something designed to fool)

   Synonyms: truco, engañifa, treta, artimaña, artificio

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

Descendants

• Chavacano: maña

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.

Noun

maña f (plural mañas)

1. female equivalent of maño

Adjective

maña

1. feminine singular of maño

Further reading

• “maña”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025