meneio

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /meˈnej.u/ [meˈneɪ̯.u]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /meˈnej.u/ [meˈneɪ̯.u]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /meˈnej.o/ [meˈneɪ̯.o]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɨˈnɐj.u/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɨˈnɐj.u/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɨˈnej.u/
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɨˈnej.u/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɨˈne.u/

• Hyphenation: me‧nei‧o

Etymology 1

Deverbal from menear.

Noun

meneio m (plural meneios)

1. body movement such as a wiggle or wriggle
2. handling

   Synonyms: manobra, manejo

3. government, direction

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

meneio

1. first-person singular present indicative of menear

Further reading

• “meneio”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
• “meneio”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2024
• “meneio” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “meneio”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
• “meneio”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
• “meneio”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024