This is the 2078th most frequent Catalan word.
mariano
In Catalan, "mariano" refers to something related to the Virgin Mary or Marian devotion.
In this sentence, 'mariano' is used as an adjective (deriving from 'Maria'), possibly referring to something related to the Virgin Mary or similar Marian characteristics.
El fet mariano de la situació era sorprenent.
The Marian aspect of the situation was surprising.
Here, 'mariano' could either resemble a literal usage or refer to something context-dependent, used as an ambiguous term causing confusion in interpretation.
Tothom es pensava que estava dient alguna cosa de 'mariano', però era un malentès.
Everyone thought I was saying something about 'mariano', but it was a misunderstanding.
Here, 'Mariano' is used as a proper noun, serving as the name of the person being referred to.