mañoso
Spanish, noun/maˈɲoso/
mañoso is spelled M-A-Ñ-O-S-O (6 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish, the 55,445th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mañoso is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “a thief” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does mañoso mean in English?
adjective
- 1
skillful, crafty
- 2
Latin-Americapedantic, fussy
- 3
Latin-Americacranky, crazy (grouchy, irritable, easily upset)
- 4
thievish
noun
- 1
masculinea thief
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Que obra con maña (habilidad o astucia). 2. Que se ejecuta o realiza con maña. 3. Que tiene manías, hábitos muy arraigados, o resabios. 4. Que hace robos pequeños con maña o cautela.
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 mañoso
- mañosa feminine
- mañosos masculine plural
- mañosas feminine plural
- mañosísimo superlative
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce mañoso?
- /maˈɲoso/
- [maˈɲo.so]
- [maˈɲoso]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to mañoso
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is mañoso in Spanish?
mañoso appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).