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Galician
Etymology
From Latin manuarius.
Pronunciation
Adjective
maneiro (feminine maneira, masculine plural maneiros, feminine plural maneiras)
- (archaic) representative
- having good quality
Derived terms
References
- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “maneyro”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “maneiro”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “maneiro”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “maneiro”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Portuguese
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From mão (“hand”) + -eiro.
Adjective
maneiro (feminine maneira, masculine plural maneiros, feminine plural maneiras)
- (of an object) handy (easy to be handled); portable (small and light)
- Synonyms: manuseável, manejável, jeitoso, portátil
- (of an animal) eating at a person's hands
- (Brazil, of a person or animal) agile (moving quick and easily)
- Synonyms: ligeiro, ágil
- (Brazil, slang) nice, cool
- Synonyms: legal, bacana, da hora, massa
- (regional, Minas Gerais) slow and polite
Etymology 2
Verb
maneiro
- first-person singular present indicative of maneirar
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