mánager

See also: manager and Manager

Spanish

Alternative forms

• manager, mánayer

Etymology

Borrowed from English manager.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmanaxeɾ/ [ˈma.na.xeɾ] (RAE recommendation)
  • Rhymes: -anaxeɾ
  • Syllabification: má‧na‧ger

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈmanaʝeɾ/ [ˈma.na.ʝeɾ] (corresponds to the variant mánayer and the unadapted borrowing variant manager (often written in italics))

• IPA^(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈmanaʝeɾ/ [ˈma.na.ʝeɾ] (corresponds to the variant mánayer and the unadapted borrowing variant manager (often written in italics))
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈmanaʃeɾ/ [ˈma.na.ʃeɾ] (corresponds to the variant mánayer and the unadapted borrowing variant manager (often written in italics))
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈmanaʒeɾ/ [ˈma.na.ʒeɾ] (corresponds to the variant mánayer and the unadapted borrowing variant manager (often written in italics))

• • Rhymes: -anaʝeɾ

Noun

mánager m (plural mánager)

1. (sports) manager

Usage notes

• The plural forms mánageres and mánagers are nonstandard.

Further reading

• “mánager”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
• Diccionario panhispánico de dudas