- manía
- f.1 mania, craze, excessive enthusiasm, frenzy.2 oddity, odd trait.3 mania, manic disorder, compulsion.4 vagary, extravagant and erratic notion.5 hyperphrenia.imperf.indicat.1st person singular (yo) Imperfect Indicative of Spanish verb: manir.* * *manía► nombre femenino1 MEDICINA mania2 (ojeriza) dislike, grudge■ le tiene manía he's got it in for her■ tengo manía a ese cantante I can't stand that singer3 (costumbre) habit; (rareza) quirk, peculiar habit; (obsesión) obsession, mania■ tiene la manía de morderse las uñas she has a habit of biting her nails4 (pasión) craze, fad, mania■ ahora le ha dado la manía por las antigüedades she's really into antiques at the moment\FRASEOLOGÍAcogerle/tomarle manía a alguien familiar to take a dislike to somebodymania persecutoria persecution mania* * *SF1) (Med) mania
manía de grandezas — megalomania
manía persecutoria — persecution mania
2) [de persona] (=costumbre) odd habit; (=rareza) peculiarity, oddity; (=capricho) fad, whimtiene sus manías — he has his little ways
tiene la manía de comerse las uñas — he has the annoying habit of biting his nails
le ha dado la manía de salir sin abrigo — he's taken to going out without a coat
3) [de grupo] (=afición) mania; (=moda) rage, crazela manía del fútbol — football fever, the football craze
la manía de la minifalda — the craze for miniskirts
tiene la manía de las motos — he's obsessed with motorbikes, he's motorbike-crazy *
4) (=antipatía) dislikecoger manía a algn — to take a dislike to sb
tener manía a algn — to dislike sb
tengo manía a los bichos — I can't stand insects
el maestro me tiene manía — the teacher's got it in for me
* * *femenino1) (obsesión, capricho)tiene sus manías — he has his funny little ways
tiene la manía de la limpieza — she has an obsession with o (colloq) a thing about cleaning
tiene la manía de oler todo — she has this obsession with smelling everything
ahora le ha dado la manía de vestirse de negro — now she has this fad o craze of dressing in black
2) (antipatía)tenerle manía a alguien — to have it in for somebody (colloq)
* * *= craze, mania, pet peeve.Ex. The interest is not really in the craze itself but in the intense, socially binding effect it has on the individuals in the group.Ex. This mania reached its height about the beginning of the present century.Ex. But many people have said that fag ends are merely the tip of the iceberg, with chewing gum and dog muck being some of the top pet peeves.----* manía persecutoria = persecution complex.* tenerle manía a Alguien = have + it in for + Nombre.* * *femenino1) (obsesión, capricho)tiene sus manías — he has his funny little ways
tiene la manía de la limpieza — she has an obsession with o (colloq) a thing about cleaning
tiene la manía de oler todo — she has this obsession with smelling everything
ahora le ha dado la manía de vestirse de negro — now she has this fad o craze of dressing in black
2) (antipatía)tenerle manía a alguien — to have it in for somebody (colloq)
* * *= craze, mania, pet peeve.Ex: The interest is not really in the craze itself but in the intense, socially binding effect it has on the individuals in the group.
Ex: This mania reached its height about the beginning of the present century.Ex: But many people have said that fag ends are merely the tip of the iceberg, with chewing gum and dog muck being some of the top pet peeves.* manía persecutoria = persecution complex.* tenerle manía a Alguien = have + it in for + Nombre.* * *maníafeminineA(antipatía): tenerle manía a algn to have it in for sb (colloq)B(obsesión, capricho): déjate de manías, que no estás nada gorda stop saying such silly things o stop being silly o stop being neurotic, you're not at all fatestá viejo y tiene sus manías he's an old man, and he has his funny little ways o some odd habitstiene la manía de la limpieza she has an obsession o a mania o (colloq) a thing about cleaningtiene la manía de mirar debajo de la cama antes de acostarse she has this peculiar habit of looking under the bed before she gets into itel pescado siempre me cae mal — eso es una manía fish always upsets my stomach — that's just your imagination o you've just got a thing about itahora le ha dado la manía de vestirse siempre de negro now she has this fad o craze of always dressing in blacktiene la manía de que la gente se ríe de él he has this obsession o this strange idea that people are laughing at himCompuesto:manía persecutoria or de persecuciónpersecution complex o mania* * *
manía sustantivo femenino
1 (obsesión, capricho):◊ tiene sus manías he has his funny little ways;
tiene la manía de la limpieza she has a mania for cleanliness o (colloq) a thing about cleaning;
le ha dado la manía de vestirse de negro she has this fad o craze of dressing in black;
manía persecutoria or de persecución persecution complex o mania
2 (antipatía):◊ tenerle manía a algn to have it in for sb (colloq)
manía sustantivo femenino
1 (costumbre) habit: tengo la manía de mirar bajo la cama antes de dormirme, I have to take a look under the bed before I fall asleep
tiene muchas manías, he has many obsessions
2 (odio, ojeriza) dislike: le cogiste manía, you took a dislike to it
creo que le tiene manía, I think he dislikes her
nos tenemos manía, we dislike each other
3 (afición) craze
4 Med mania
manía persecutoria, persecution complex
'manía' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
hincha
- pegarse
- perra
- prurito
- rabia
- rareza
- tic
- contagiar
- maña
English:
bug
- fixation
- frenzy
- get
- kink
- mania
- obsession
- oddity
- peculiarity
- craze
- have
* * *manía nf1. [enfermedad] maniaCompmanía persecutoria persecution complex2. [idea fija] obsession3. [mala costumbre] bad habit;tiene la manía de morderse las uñas he's always biting his fingernails;le ha dado la manía de tirar la ropa por el suelo she has got into the bad habit of leaving her clothes scattered on the floor4. [afición exagerada] mania, craze5. Fam [ojeriza] dislike;tomar o Esp [m5]coger manía a alguien to take a dislike to sb;tener manía a alguien: le tengo manía a su hermana I can't stand her sister* * *maníaf1 (costumbre) habit, mania;tiene sus manías she has her little ways2 (antipatía) dislike;tener manía a alguien fam have it in for s.o. fam3 (obsesión) obsession* * *manía nf1) obsesión: mania, obsession2) : craze, fad3) : odd habit, peculiarity4) : dislike, aversion* * *manía n (costumbre ) strange habittiene la manía de apagar todas las luces she's got the strange habit of turning all the lights offcoger manía to take a dislike to [pt. took; pp. taken]tener manía a alguien not to be able to stand somebody [pt. & pp. stood]le tengo manía I can't stand him
Spanish-English dictionary. 2013.