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Spanish
Etymology
From manota + -ear.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /manoteˈaɾ/
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: ma‧no‧te‧ar
Verb
manotear (first-person singular present manoteo, first-person singular preterite manoteé, past participle manoteado)
- (transitive) to slap, smack, spank
- (intransitive) to gesticulate
- Synonym: gesticular
Conjugation
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
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