maneira

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Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese maneira, from Vulgar Latin *manuāria, from feminine of Latin manuārius (“relating to the hand”).

Pronunciation

Noun

maneira f (plural maneiras)

  1. manner, method, way
    Synonyms: modo, xeito

Derived terms

References

  • “maneira” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “maneyra” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “maneira” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “maneira” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “maneira” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /maˈne(j).ɾɐ/ , /ˈmɐ̃.ne(j).ɾɐ/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /maˈne(j).ɾa/ , /ˈmɐ̃.ne(j).ɾa/
 

  • Hyphenation: ma‧nei‧ra

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese maneira, from Vulgar Latin *manāria, from feminine of Latin manuārius (“relating to the hand”), from manus (“hand”); corresponding to mão +‎ -eira. Compare Galician maneira, Spanish and Catalan manera, French manière, English manner, Romanian mâner.

Alternative forms

Noun

maneira f (plural maneiras)

  2. manner; way (particular method of doing something)
    Synonyms: jeito, método, moda, modo
  4. (art) the specific style of an artist
    Synonyms: cunho, estilo
  6. appearance; look; aspect; guise
    Synonyms: aparência, aspecto, feição, feitio, forma, formato
Derived terms
Related terms

Adjective

maneira

  1. feminine singular of maneiro

Etymology 2

Verb

maneira

  1. inflection of maneirar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative
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