Asturian

Noun

maña f ‎(plural mañes)

1. skill

Crimean Tatar

Pronoun

maña

1. to me

Spanish

Etymology

Possibly from a Vulgar Latin *mania ‎(“manual skill or ability"”), itself possibly from Latin manus ‎(“hand”). The sense of "mania" may have been influenced by manía, from the (unrelated) Latin mania. Compare Portuguese manha.

Noun

maña f ‎(plural mañas)

1. Skill or ability
2. (Latin America) bad habit, vice, mania
3. (Latin America) bad temper, ill humor

Synonyms

• (skill): destreza f, habilidad f, talento m
• (vice): vicio, resabio
• (bad temper): mal humor, cólera
• (mania): manía

Related terms

• mañoso
• manía