maníaco
Portuguese, noun/maˈni.a.ku/
maníaco is spelled M-A-N-Í-A-C-O (7 letters) and appears 1.2 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 30,465th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Maníaco is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “maniac (insane person)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “pessoa com mania profunda de algo”.
What does maníaco mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinemaniac (insane person)
adjective
- 1
maniacal
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. relativo à mania 2. que sofre de uma mania 3. diz-se de pessoa obcecada por algo
noun: 1. pessoa com mania profunda de algo
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of maníaco
- maníacos plural
- maníaca feminine
- maníacas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce maníaco?
- Brazil /maˈni.a.ku/
- Portugal /mɐˈni.ɐ.ku/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to maníaco
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is maníaco in Portuguese?
maníaco appears 1.2 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).