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Spanish
Etymology
From en- + manilla + -ar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /emmaniˈʝaɾ/
- IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /emmaniˈʎaɾ/
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /emmaniˈʃaɾ/
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /emmaniˈʒaɾ/
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: en‧ma‧ni‧llar
Verb
enmanillar (first-person singular present enmanillo, first-person singular preterite enmanillé, past participle enmanillado)
- (Bolivia, transitive) to handcuff
- Synonym: esposar
2017 October, “Cuadrilla de asaltantes roba $us 86.000 de 2 cajas fuertes”, in El Deber Bolivia:Una cuadrilla de delincuentes armados y encapuchados irrumpió en la fábrica de Caramelos Watt’s, del sexto anillo y doble vía a La Guardia, tras enmanillar al guardia e intimidar a todos los funcionarios robó al menos $us 86.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Conjugation
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.