marciano

See also: Marciano

Galician

Adjective

marciano (feminine marciana, masculine plural marcianos, feminine plural marcianas)

1. Martian

Related terms

• Marte

Italian

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /marˈt͡ʃa.no/
• Rhymes: -ano
• Hyphenation: mar‧cià‧no

Adjective

marciano (feminine marciana, masculine plural marciani, feminine plural marciane)

1. pertaining to San Marco (patron saint of Venice)
2. (by extension) Venetian

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmar.t͡ʃa.no/
• Rhymes: -artʃano
• Hyphenation: màr‧cia‧no

Verb

marciano

1. third-person plural present indicative of marciare

Anagrams

• Marconia, armonica, coramina, ricamano, romancia, romanica

Portuguese

Etymology

See Marte.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /maʁ.siˈɐ̃.nu/ [mah.siˈɐ̃.nu], (faster) /maʁˈsjɐ̃.nu/ [mahˈsjɐ̃.nu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /maʁ.siˈɐ̃.nu/ [mah.siˈɐ̃.nu], (faster) /maʁˈsjɐ̃.nu/ [mahˈsjɐ̃.nu]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /maɾ.siˈɐ̃.nu/, (faster) /maɾˈsjɐ̃.nu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /maʁ.siˈɐ̃.nu/ [maχ.siˈɐ̃.nu], (faster) /maʁˈsjɐ̃.nu/ [maχˈsjɐ̃.nu]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /maɻ.siˈɐ̃.nu/, (faster) /maɻˈsjɐ̃.nu/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐɾˈsjɐ.nu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐɾˈsjɐ.nu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐɾˈsja.nu/

• Hyphenation: mar‧ci‧a‧no

Adjective

marciano (feminine marciana, masculine plural marcianos, feminine plural marcianas)

1. (astronomy) Martian (of or relating to the planet Mars)

Noun

marciano m (plural marcianos, feminine marciana, feminine plural marcianas)

1. (ufology, science fiction) Martian (inhabitant of the planet Mars)

Further reading

• “marciano”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “marciano”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

See Marte.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maɾˈθjano/ [maɾˈθja.no] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /maɾˈsjano/ [maɾˈsja.no] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -ano
• Syllabification: mar‧cia‧no

Adjective

marciano (feminine marciana, masculine plural marcianos, feminine plural marcianas)

1. Martian (of Mars)
2. (figurative) bizarre, odd

Noun

marciano m (plural marcianos, feminine marciana, feminine plural marcianas)

1. Martian
2. alien, extraterrestrial
3. ice pop, freeze pop

   Synonym: chupete

Derived terms

• marcianada
• matamarcianos

Related terms

• Marte

Further reading

• “marciano”, 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
• “marciano”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010