manejar

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *manizāre. Derivable from man- (“hand”) +‎ -ejar (verb-forming suffix).

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencia)

manejar (first-person singular present manejo, first-person singular preterite manegí, past participle manejat); root stress: (Central) /ɛ/; (Valencia) /e/; (Balearic) /ə/

1. (transitive) to handle, to manipulate
2. (transitive) to manage, to operate
3. (intransitive) to gesticulate
4. (pronominal) to move, shake, sway

• manejable
• manejadís
• manejament

• “manejar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

• manear

Either inherited from Vulgar Latin *manizāre or borrowed through Italian maneggiare. Derivable from mão (“hand”) +‎ -n- +‎ -ejar (verb-forming suffix).

• Hyphenation: ma‧ne‧jar

manejar (first-person singular present manejo, first-person singular preterite manejei, past participle manejado)

1. to manage
2. to handle

Borrowed from Italian maneggiare. Replaced the older Spanish manear, itself of the same origin, probably Vulgar Latin *manizāre.

• IPA^(key): /maneˈxaɾ/

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• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: ma‧ne‧jar

manejar (first-person singular present manejo, first-person singular preterite manejé, past participle manejado)

1. to handle
2. to manage

   Synonym: dirigir

3. (Latin America, US, Philippines, Equatorial Guinea) to drive (a vehicle)

   Synonym: conducir

• “manejar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
• “manejar” in Diccionario de americanismos, Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española, 2010