What does me tiene manía mean?

Question

Madre:!Ay,hijo,qué disgustada estoy! Ayer me llamó tu tutor y me dijo que ,como sigas así,vas a repetir curso.

Hijo:Ya,mamá,es que en el examen de mates me quedé en blanco.

Madre:Ya, y lo de hablar por los codos en clase y lo de faltar cada dos por tres tampoco es culpa tuya,¿verdad?

Hijo:No, es el tutor, que me tiene manía.

What does me tiene manía mean?

Gracias.

Melissa, you always ask good questions, many of us know that you've been coming on site for a long time, please keep asking questions! - annierats, Jan 18, 2016

annierats ,thanks a lot! :) - zhmelissa, Jan 19, 2016

Answer 1

It means the tutor has taken against the boy, she doesn't like him, she picks on him. Or at least, so he thinks, the tutor may think he deserves what he gets!

Good explanation, annie :) - FELIZ77, Jan 18, 2016

Thanks, Feliz. - annierats, Jan 19, 2016

Answer 2

Thanks FELIZ77, trust me it´s not my homework, I graduated from university ten years ago.I am learning Spanish now is because I like learning different languages. Not homework at all, nobody leave homework for me. Thanks again for your answer.

Okay, sorry I didnt realize that it wasn't homework it just sounded like a homework kind of question! You are very welcome :) - FELIZ77, Jan 18, 2016

Zhemelissa, in what subject did you graduate, please ? - FELIZ77, Jan 18, 2016

I am also sorry because I had not read your profile again before answering your question and therefore I thought that I had explalned it clearly. - FELIZ77, Jan 18, 2016

I had also wrongly assumed that you were from the U.S.A (America) and English was your first language - FELIZ77, Jan 18, 2016

Answer 3

Hello Zhemelissa,

Very interesting and intelligent question!

You asked: What does me tiene manía mean?

Madre:!Ay,hijo,qué disgustada estoy! Ayer me llamó tu tutor y me dijo que ,como sigas así,vas a repetir curso Hijo:Ya,mamá,es que en el examen de mates me quedé en blanco Madre:Ya, y lo de hablar por los codos en clase y lo de faltar cada dos por tres tampoco es culpa tuya,¿verdad? Hijo:No, es el tutor, que me tiene manía.

According to the Oxford English/Spanish Dictionary, the expression: Tenerle manía a alguien (means) = 'To have it in' for somebody.

This is a colloquial expression,. and it makes perfect senseto me in (or given) the context

I have given you the tool (key); now I am sure you can use it

I hope this helps

Answer 4

What does it mean here? The tutor has manía to say bad things about this boy?

Zhemelisssa, the boy thinks that the teacher has it in for him in otherwords, the boy thinks that the teacher has something agaisnt him! - FELIZ77, Jan 18, 2016

against him - FELIZ77, Jan 18, 2016

I really can't do your homework for you, you must think about the answer now! ;) - FELIZ77, Jan 18, 2016

Feliz´s translation is correct, it means the tutor has an agenda of making it difficult for the boy to do well in this course - 005faa61, Jan 18, 2016

Thank you,very much for confirming my translation Julian :) - FELIZ77, Jan 18, 2016

Answer 5

The tutor is out to get him