maníaco

Borrowed from Late Latin maniacus, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek μανιακός (maniakós), adjectival form of μανία (manía, “madness”). See mania.

• Hyphenation: ma‧ní‧a‧co

maníaco m (plural maníacos, feminine maníaca, feminine plural maníacas)

1. maniac (insane person)

maníaco (feminine maníaca, masculine plural maníacos, feminine plural maníacas)

1. maniacal

• “maníaco”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “maníaco”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

• maniaco

Borrowed from Late Latin maniacus, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek μανιακός (maniakós), adjectival form of μανία (manía, “madness”). See manía.

• IPA^(key): /maˈniako/ [maˈni.a.ko]
• Rhymes: -iako
• Syllabification: ma‧ní‧a‧co

maníaco (feminine maníaca, masculine plural maníacos, feminine plural maníacas)

1. manic, maniacal

   Synonym: maniático

maníaco m (plural maníacos, feminine maníaca, feminine plural maníacas)

1. maniac

• “maníaco”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025