manobra

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

  • Hyphenation: ma‧no‧bra

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French manœuvre, from Middle French manœuvre (“manipulation, maneuver”) and manœuvrer (“to maneuver”), from Old French manovre (“handwork, manual labour”), from Medieval Latin manopera, manuopera (“work done by hand, handwork”), from Latin manū (“by hand”) + operor (“to work”).

Noun

manobra f (plural manobras)

  1. maneuver
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Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

manobra

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