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maniático — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • crank noun A handle or arm turned to operate a machine or mechanism.
  • fastidious adj Extremely careful about small details, especially cleanliness and order; hard to please.
  • fussy adjective Overly concerned with small details; hard to satisfy.
  • maniac noun An insane person, especially one who suffers from a mania.
  • maniacal adj Wildly frenzied or behaving like a madman.
  • manic adj Showing the abnormally high energy, excitement, or agitation typical of mania.

Senses

maniático is used for these senses in English:

  • crank A bent piece of an axle or shaft, or an attached arm perpendicular, or nearly so, to the end of a shaft or wheel, used to impart a rotation to a wheel or other mechanical device; also used to change circular into reciprocating motion, or reciprocating into circular motion.
  • fastidious Overly concerned about tidiness and cleanliness.
  • fussbudget (colloquial, derogatory, North America) One who complains or fusses a great deal, especially about unimportant matters; a fusspot.
  • maniac (figurative) A fanatic, a person with an obsession.
  • maniacal Like a maniac; insane; frenzied.

crank — full definition

  1. noun A handle or arm turned to operate a machine or mechanism.
  2. noun A person seen as eccentric, obsessive, or holding strange fringe beliefs.
  3. adjective Grouchy or irritable (informal, chiefly used as "cranky").
  4. verb To turn using a crank, or to start a machine by turning one.

fastidious — full definition

  1. adj Extremely careful about small details, especially cleanliness and order; hard to please.
  2. adj (biology) Needing very specific conditions or nutrients to grow, and therefore difficult to culture.

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