mañoso

See also: manoso

Spanish

Etymology

From maña +‎ -oso.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maˈɲoso/ [maˈɲo.so]
• Rhymes: -oso
• Syllabification: ma‧ño‧so

Adjective

mañoso (feminine mañosa, masculine plural mañosos, feminine plural mañosas)

1. skillful, crafty
2. (Latin America) pedantic, fussy
3. (Latin America) cranky, crazy (grouchy, irritable, easily upset)

   Synonyms: mal genio, maniático, irascible, colérico

Derived terms

• mañosamente

 

Related terms

• manía
• maniático
• maña

 

Further reading

• “mañoso”, 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