megalómano
See also: megalômano
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˌmɛ.ɡɐˈlɔ.mɐ.nu/ [ˌmɛ.ɣɐˈlɔ.mɐ.nu]
- Rhymes: -ɔmɐnu
- Hyphenation: me‧ga‧ló‧ma‧no
Adjective
megalómano (feminine megalómana, masculine plural megalómanos, feminine plural megalómanas)
- European Portuguese standard spelling of megalômano
Noun
megalómano m (plural megalómanos, feminine megalómana, feminine plural megalómanas)
- European Portuguese standard spelling of megalômano
Further reading
- “megalómano”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
- “megalómano”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Spanish
Etymology
By surface analysis, megalo- + -mano. Possibly a back-formation from megalomanía.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /meɡaˈlomano/ [me.ɣ̞aˈlo.ma.no]
- Rhymes: -omano
- Syllabification: me‧ga‧ló‧ma‧no
Noun
megalómano m (plural megalómanos, feminine megalómana, feminine plural megalómanas)
Related terms
Further reading
- “megalómano”, 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