manía
Spanish, noun/maˈnia/
manía is spelled M-A-N-Í-A (5 letters) and appears 3.3 times per million words in written Spanish, the 16,033rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Manía is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “mania, bad habit, obsession” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular imperfect indicative of manir. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Entusiasmo excesivo, interés intenso o deseo irresistible”.
What does manía mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemania, bad habit, obsession
- 2
femininemania (violent derangement)
- 3
femininemania (craze, something popular at the time)
- 4
femininedislike
- 5
femininefoible, quirk (unusual habit or way)
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular imperfect indicative of manir
suffix
- 1
feminine-mania
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Entusiasmo excesivo, interés intenso o deseo irresistible. 2. Motivación o apego irracional por algo. 3. Actitud negativa de mala voluntad, rechazo y molestia contra alguien. 4. Enfermedad mental en la que la víctima sufre delirio y tiende a responder excesiva o violentamente, con furor.
suffix: 1. Forma sustantivos femeninos con el significado de "obsesión, afición intensa o adicción" (manía).
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of manía
- manías plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce manía?
- /maˈnia/
- [maˈni.a]
- [maˈnia]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to manía
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is manía in Spanish?
manía appears 3.3 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).