manjar

Ido

Etymology

From Esperanto manĝi, from French manger, Italian mangiare, ultimately from Latin manducāre, present active infinitive of manducō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /manˈʒaɾ/, /manˈd͡ʒaɾ/

Verb

manjar (present tense manjas, past tense manjis, future tense manjos, imperative manjez, conditional manjus)

1. (transitive) to eat

   Ni manjos kande la manjajo finigos.

   We eat when the food is done.

2. (figuratively) to eat away; consume

Conjugation

    Conjugation of manjar

		present		past		future
infinitive		manjar		manjir		manjor
tense		manjas		manjis		manjos
conditional		manjus
imperative		manjez
adjective active participle		manjanta		manjinta		manjonta
adverbial active participle		manjante		manjinte		manjonte
nominal active participle	singular	manjanto		manjinto		manjonto
	plural	manjanti		manjinti		manjonti
adjective passive participle		manjata		manjita		manjota
adverbial passive participle		manjate		manjite		manjote
nominal passive participle	singular	manjato		manjito		manjoto
	plural	manjati		manjiti		manjoti

Derived terms

• manjajo (“something eaten or to be eaten; food, victuals”)
• manjegero (“glutton”)
• manjetar (“to nibble, to eat little”)
• manjeyo, manjochambro (“eating place, dining chamber, refectory”)
• manjilaro (“eating utensils”)
• manjo, manjado (“a meal, eating”)
• manjosako (“nosebag (for horses)”)
• manjotrogo (“manger, crib, eating tough”)

 

Lombard

Alternative forms

• mangià, maià, magnà (traditional orthographies)

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin mandicāre, from Latin manducāre, present active infinitive of manducō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /manˈd͡ʒa/
  • (Western) IPA^(key): [mã(n)ˈd͡ʒa]
  • (Eastern) IPA^(key): [manˈza]
  • (Northern) IPA^(key): [manˈʒa]
• IPA^(key): /mãˈja/
  • (Western) IPA^(key): [mãˈja], [maˈja]
  • (Eastern) IPA^(key): [maˈja]
• IPA^(key): /maˈɲa/
  • (Western) IPA^(key): [maˈɲa], [mãˈɲa]
• Rhymes: -a

Verb

manjar

1. (Scriver Lombard, transitive, intransitive) to eat

Conjugation

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Noun

manjar m (invariable)

1. (usually uncountable) food

Occitan

Alternative forms

• minjar (Gascon dialect)

Etymology

From Old Occitan manjar, from Vulgar Latin mandicāre from Latin manducāre, present active infinitive of manducō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /manˈd͡ʒa/
• Rhymes: -a

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• Hyphenation: man‧jar

Verb

manjar

1. (transitive, intransitive) to eat

Conjugation

    Lengadocian (Central Occitan)

		simple			compound
infinitive		manjar			aver manjat
gerund		manjant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		manjat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	mangi	manjas	manja	manjam	manjatz	manjan
	imperfect	manjavi	manjavas	manjava	manjàvem	manjàvetz	manjavan
	preterite	mangèri	mangères	mangèt	mangèrem	mangèretz	mangèron
	future	manjarai	manjaràs	manjarà	manjarem	manjaretz	manjaràn
	conditional	manjariái	manjariás	manjariá	manjariam	manjariatz	manjarián
	conditional 2nd form1	mangèra	mangèras	mangèra	mangeram	mangeratz	mangèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	mange	manges	mange	mangem	mangetz	mangen
	imperfect	mangèssi	mangèsses	mangèsse	mangèssem	mangèssetz	mangèsson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			manja		mangem	manjatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Auvernhàs

		simple			compound
infinitive		manjar			aver manjat
gerund		manjant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		manjat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	mange	manges	manja	manjam	manjatz	manjon
	imperfect	manjave	manjaves	manjava	manjaviam	manjaviatz	manjavon
	preterite	mangere	mangeres	manget	mangem	mangetz	mangeron
	future	manjarai	manjaràs	manjará	manjarem	manjaretz	manjarán
	conditional	manjariá	manjariás	manjariá	manjariam	manjariatz	manjarián
	conditional 2nd form1	mangèra	mangèras	mangèra	mangeram	mangeratz	mangèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	mange	manges	mange	manjassiam	manjassiatz	manjon
	imperfect	mangesse	mangesses	mangesse	mangessiam	mangessiatz	mangesson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			manja		manjassiam	manjatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Gascon

		simple			compound
infinitive		manjar			aver manjat
gerund		manjant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		manjat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	mangi	manjas	manja	manjam	manjatz	manjan
	imperfect	manjavi	manjavas	manjava	manjàvam	manjàvatz	manjavan
	preterite	mangèi	mangès	mangè	mangèm	mangètz	mangèn
	future	manjarèi	manjaràs	manjarà	manjaram	manjaratz	manjaràn
	conditional	manjarí	manjarés	manjaré	manjarem	manjaretz	manjarén
	conditional 2nd form1	mangèra	mangèras	mangèra	mangeram	mangeratz	mangèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	mangi	manges	mange	mangem	mangetz	mangen
	imperfect	mangèssi	mangèsses	mangèsse	mangèssem	mangèssetz	mangèssen
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			manja		mangem	manjatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Lemosin

		simple			compound
infinitive		manjar			aver manjat
gerund		manjant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		manjat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	mange	manjas	manja	manjam	manjatz	manjan
	imperfect	manjava	manjavas	manjava	manjàvam	manjàvatz	manjavan
	preterite	mangei	mangeras	manget	mangèram	mangèratz	mangeran
	future	manjarai	manjaràs	manjará	manjarem	manjaretz	manjarán
	conditional	manjariá	manjariàs	manjariá	manjariam	manjariatz	manjarián
	conditional 2nd form1	mangèra	mangèras	mangèra	mangeram	mangeratz	mangèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	mange	manges	mange	mangem	mangetz	mangen
	imperfect	mangèsse	mangèsses	mangèsse	mangèssem	mangèssetz	mangèssen
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			manja		mangem	manjatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Provençau

		simple			compound
infinitive		manjar			aver manjat
gerund		manjant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		manjat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	mange	manges	manja	manjam	manjatz	manjan
	imperfect	manjavi	manjavas	manjava	manjàvem	manjàvetz	manjavan
	preterite	mangère	mangères	mangèt	mangeriam	mangeriatz	mangèron
	future	manjarai	manjaràs	manjarà	manjarem	manjaretz	manjaràn
	conditional	manjariáu	manjariás	manjariá	manjariam	manjariatz	manjarián
	conditional 2nd form1	mangèra	mangèras	mangèra	mangeram	mangeratz	mangèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	mange	manges	mange	mangem	mangetz	manjan
	imperfect	mangèsse	mangèsses	mangèsse	mangessiam	mangessiatz	mangèsson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			manja		mangem	manjatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

Noun

manjar m (plural manjars)

1. food

   Synonym: noiridura

Further reading

• Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana, L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2024, page 418.

Old Occitan

Alternative forms

• manchar, mangar, manhar, mengar

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin mandicāre, from Latin manducāre, present active infinitive of manducō.

Verb

manjar

1. to eat

Descendants

• Occitan: manjar

References

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “manducare”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 6/1: Mabile–Mephitis, page 160

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French manger, Old French mengier, or Italian mangiare, from Vulgar Latin mandicāre, Latin manducāre.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /mɐ̃ˈʒa(ʁ)/ [mɐ̃ˈʒa(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /mɐ̃ˈʒa(ʁ)/ [mɐ̃ˈʒa(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /mɐ̃ˈʒa(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /mɐ̃ˈʒa(ʁ)/ [mɐ̃ˈʒa(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /mɐ̃ˈʒa(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐ̃ˈʒaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐ̃ˈʒaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐ̃ˈʒa.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: man‧jar

Verb

manjar (first-person singular present manjo, first-person singular preterite manjei, past participle manjado) (transitive, intransitive)

1. to eat
2. (informal) to know

   Ela manja de matemática. ― She knows mathematics quite well.

3. (informal) to understand

Conjugation

    Conjugation of manjar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	manjar
Personal	manjar	manjares	manjar	manjarmos	manjardes	manjarem
Gerund
	manjando
Past participle
Masculine	manjado			manjados
Feminine	manjada			manjadas
Indicative
Present	manjo	manjas	manja	manjamos	manjais	manjam
Imperfect	manjava	manjavas	manjava	manjávamos	manjáveis	manjavam
Preterite	manjei	manjaste	manjou	manjamos1, manjámos2	manjastes	manjaram
Pluperfect	manjara	manjaras	manjara	manjáramos	manjáreis	manjaram
Future	manjarei	manjarás	manjará	manjaremos	manjareis	manjarão
Conditional	manjaria	manjarias	manjaria	manjaríamos	manjaríeis	manjariam
Subjunctive
Present	manje	manjes	manje	manjemos	manjeis	manjem
Imperfect	manjasse	manjasses	manjasse	manjássemos	manjásseis	manjassem
Future	manjar	manjares	manjar	manjarmos	manjardes	manjarem
Imperative
Affirmative		manja	manje	manjemos	manjai	manjem
Negative (não)		não manjes	não manje	não manjemos	não manjeis	não manjem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Etymology 2

Nominalization of Etymology 1.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /mɐ̃ˈʒaʁ/ [mɐ̃ˈʒah]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /mɐ̃ˈʒaʁ/ [mɐ̃ˈʒah]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /mɐ̃ˈʒaɾ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /mɐ̃ˈʒaʁ/ [mɐ̃ˈʒaχ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /mɐ̃ˈʒaɻ/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐ̃ˈʒaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐ̃ˈʒaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐ̃ˈʒa.ɾi/

• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Hyphenation: man‧jar

Noun

manjar m (plural manjares)

1. any food or dish, chiefly a well-prepared or sophisticated one
2. (Brazil) a short name for a number of desserts of Brazilian origin

   Hyponyms: manjar-branco, manjar-dos-anjos, manjar-imperial

Spanish

Etymology

From a verb that originally meant "to eat" (preserved in Portuguese), borrowed from Old Catalan or Occitan or Old Occitan menjar, from Vulgar Latin mandicāre, Latin manducāre. Doublet of manducar and mangar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /manˈxaɾ/ [mãŋˈxaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: man‧jar

Noun

manjar m (plural manjares)

1. delicacy, food, sustenance (especially delicious food, or one of the types of foods listed below)

   Synonym: comida

2. sustenance (something which invigorates mind or body)

   Synonym: sostenimiento

3. (Chile) dulce de leche (caramel spread)

   Synonyms: natillas (Spain), arequipe (Colombia, Venezuela), leche poleada

4. (obsolete) suit (one of the four types of cards in a deck)

   Synonym: palo

Derived terms

• manjar blanco
• manjar de ángeles
• manjar imperial
• manjar lento/manjar suave
• manjar principal
• manjar real

 

Further reading

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