# insano
## English
### Etymology

From insane +‎ -o.

### Noun

insano (plural insanos)
* (slang) An insane person.
** 1998 October 17, RO...@webtv.net, “"Stinkerton" upstages Madama Butterfly (To Bruce and My Friends)”, in alt.support.arthritis‎ (Usenet), retrieved 2021-12-24:The only woman my hubby plays with is me! You really think with an insano like yours truly around he EVER gets bored and needs to go play "naughty, naughty in closets".
** 2002 May 2, Brainlessbrian, “Rosanne Barrett TOS violations: Reported to Abuse@bellatlantic.net”, in sci.med.diseases.lyme‎ (Usenet), retrieved 2021-12-24:The more such people you come in contact with, the more people will see what an insano you are. Eventually maybe in addition to suspending your DSL service with verizon, maybe someone will have you committed.
** 2006 June 21, DFS, “Rex Ballard: I helped write the actual words of the GPL”, in comp.os.linux.advocacy‎ (Usenet), retrieved 2021-12-24:Only an insano would take Rex Ballard seriously.

### Adjective

insano (comparative more insano, superlative most insano)
* (slang) Insane.
** 2000 May 31, Dvddaddy2, “thoughts on SOTC--so far”, in alt.books.stephen-king‎ (Usenet), retrieved 2021-12-24:Now that was an insano rant.
** 2002 October 23, Amanda, “Various Thoughts on Selfless.....”, in alt.tv.buffy-v-slayer‎ (Usenet), retrieved 2021-12-24:Uhm, in the that last post I forgot to specify that in the second paragraph, I was refering to the hole being opened and Xander being on an insano power trip in the second season ender, Becoming part 2, I believe.
** 2006 August 31, Newsgroup Leader Kathleen ActionLyme, “I might as well be complaining to SmithKline. (NIH's Biodefense Partnerships; SmithKline and Yale)”, in alt.france‎ (Usenet), retrieved 2021-12-24:You have the most insano psychiatric fools in all of Europe.
** 2008 August 14, Bill Reid, “commodity trading anyone?”, in misc.invest.stocks‎ (Usenet), retrieved 2021-12-24:Man, are the "BuffyTheProfitHater"/"Lowbrow"/"Robo Alien"/"Piddy-full"/"Hamish The 17-Year-Old Haifa-Based Palestinian Usenet Terrorist" aliases on an insano roll lately!!!
** 2009 July 3, Marty, “Gainey's hope”, in alt.sports.hockey.nhl.mtl-canadiens‎ (Usenet), retrieved 2021-12-24:At that point, after having missed other targets Gainey probably says to himself "Well, these guys used to work magic together, and did it for a defensive team. What the hell?" and then threw an insano contract Gionta's way.
** 2011 September 27, Gareth, “Meeting at Dublin Contemporary”, in open-learning-ireland‎ (Usenet), retrieved 2021-12-24:Well, the whole gallery has the most insano security staff I've ever seen - complete with camera attached to each security dude etc; so I'd imagine stuff would be pretty safe.

### Anagrams

* anions, Ianson, nasion

## Italian
### Etymology

From Latin īnsānus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /inˈsa.no/
* Rhymes: -ano
* Hyphenation: in‧sà‧no

### Adjective

insano (feminine insana, masculine plural insani, feminine plural insane)
* insane, mad
    Synonym: folle
    Antonym: sano

#### Derived terms

* insanamente

#### Related terms

* insania
* insanire

### Further reading

* insano in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

### Anagrams

* Sannio, annosi, ansino, nasino, nasoni, osanni, sanino

## Latin
### Adjective

īnsānō
* dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of īnsānus

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin īnsānus.

### Pronunciation

* Rhymes: -ɐnu
* (Brazil) IPA: /ĩˈsɐ̃.nu/
* (Brazil) IPA: /ĩˈsɐ̃.nu/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ĩˈsɐ.no/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ĩˈsɐ.nu/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ĩˈsɐ.nu/
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /ĩˈsa.nu/
* Hyphenation: in‧sa‧no

### Adjective

insano (feminine insana, masculine plural insanos, feminine plural insanas)
* insane, crazy
* (figuratively) difficult, arduous

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin īnsānus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /inˈsano/ [ĩnˈsa.no]
* Rhymes: -ano
* Syllabification: in‧sa‧no

### Adjective

insano (feminine insana, masculine plural insanos, feminine plural insanas)
* unhealthy
* insane

### Further reading

* “insano”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10