manejar
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Vulgar Latin *manidiāre, from Latin manus (“hand”). By surface analysis, mà + -ejar.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
manejar (first-person singular present manejo, first-person singular preterite manegí, past participle manejat); root stress: (Central) /ɛ/; (Valencian) /e/; (Balearic) /ə/
- (transitive) to handle, to manipulate
- (transitive) to manage, to operate
- (intransitive) to gesticulate
- (takes a reflexive pronoun) to move, shake, sway
Conjugation edit
infinitive | manejar | ||||||
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gerund | manejant | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | manejat | manejada | |||||
plural | manejats | manejades | |||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè |
nosaltres nós |
vosaltres vós |
ells/elles vostès | |
present | manejo | maneges | maneja | manegem | manegeu | manegen | |
imperfect | manejava | manejaves | manejava | manejàvem | manejàveu | manejaven | |
future | manejaré | manejaràs | manejarà | manejarem | manejareu | manejaran | |
preterite | manegí | manejares | manejà | manejàrem | manejàreu | manejaren | |
conditional | manejaria | manejaries | manejaria | manejaríem | manejaríeu | manejarien | |
subjunctive | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè |
nosaltres nós |
vosaltres vós |
ells/elles vostès | |
present | manegi | manegis | manegi | manegem | manegeu | manegin | |
imperfect | manegés | manegessis | manegés | manegéssim | manegéssiu | manegessin | |
imperative | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós |
vostès | |
affirmative | — | maneja | manegi | manegem | manegeu | manegin | |
negative (no) | — | no manegis | no manegi | no manegem | no manegeu | no manegin |
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “manejar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Portuguese edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Either inherited from Vulgar Latin *manidiāre or borrowed through Italian maneggiare. By surface analysis, mão + -n- + -ejar.
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: ma‧ne‧jar
Verb edit
manejar (first-person singular present manejo, first-person singular preterite manejei, past participle manejado)
Conjugation edit
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Italian maneggiare. Replaced the older Spanish manear, itself of the same origin, probably Vulgar Latin *manidiāre, from Latin manus (“hand”). Cognate of English manage.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
manejar (first-person singular present manejo, first-person singular preterite manejé, past participle manejado)
- to handle
- to manage
- Synonym: dirigir
- (Latin America, Philippines, Equatorial Guinea) to drive (a vehicle)
- Synonym: conducir
Conjugation edit
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “manejar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014