pirómano

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• pirômano (Brazil)

Etymology

From piro- +‎ -mano.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /piˈɾɔ.mɐ.nu/

• Rhymes: -ɔmɐnu
• Hyphenation: pi‧ró‧ma‧no

Noun

pirómano m (plural pirómanos, feminine pirómana, feminine plural pirómanas)

1. Synonym of piromaníaco

Further reading

• “pirômano”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “pirômano”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
• “pirómano”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “pirômano”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “pirómano”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

Etymology

From piro- +‎ -mano.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /piˈɾomano/ [piˈɾo.ma.no]
• Rhymes: -omano
• Syllabification: pi‧ró‧ma‧no

Noun

pirómano m (plural pirómanos, feminine pirómana, feminine plural pirómanas)

1. arsonist
2. pyromaniac

Related terms

• piromanía

 

Further reading

• “pirómano”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10