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megalómano

Portuguese, noun

megalómano is spelled M-E-G-A-L-Ó-M-A-N-O (10 letters) and appears about once in every 32 million words in written Portuguese, the 162,831st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Megalómano is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “European Portuguese standard spelling of megalômano” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, megalômano is a different word: “megalomaniac”.

What does megalómano mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    European Portuguese standard spelling of megalômano

noun

  1. 1

    masculineEuropean Portuguese standard spelling of megalômano

adjective

as megalômano
  1. 1

    megalomaniacal

noun

as megalômano
  1. 1

    masculinemegalomaniac

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. pessoa que apresenta megalomania, caracterizada por uma visão exagerada de sua própria importância, poder ou grandeza. 2. indivíduo dominado por ambições desmedidas ou delírios de grandeza.

adjective: 1. relativo ou pertencente à megalomania.

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 megalómano

  • megalómana feminine
  • megalómanos masculine plural
  • megalómanas feminine plural
  • megalômana feminine
  • megalômanos masculine plural
  • megalômanas feminine plural
  • megalómano alternative

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How common is megalómano in Portuguese?

megalómano appears about once in every 32 million words in written Portuguese.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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