manea

See also: mânea and Manea

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish مانی (mani, “poem”), from Arabic مَعْنًى (maʕnan).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.ˈne̯a/
• Rhymes: -a
• Hyphenation: ma‧neá

Noun

manea f (plural manele)

1. a type of folk music (often involving love songs) with originally Turkish and/or Middle Eastern influences

Usage notes

As a modern genre of music, it is most commonly referred to in its plural form, manele.

Declension

Declension of manea

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(o) manea	maneaua	(niște) manele	manelele
genitive/dative	(unei) manele	manelei	(unor) manele	manelelor
vocative	manea		manelelor

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maˈnea/ [maˈne.a]
• Rhymes: -ea
• Syllabification: ma‧ne‧a

Etymology 1

Deverbal from manear.

Noun

manea f (plural maneas)

1. hobble

   Synonyms: traba, suelta, atadura

Etymology 2

Verb

manea

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

Further reading

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