maneirar
Portuguese
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ma.ne(j)ˈɾa(ʁ)/ [ma.ne(ɪ̯)ˈɾa(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ma.ne(j)ˈɾa(ɾ)/ [ma.ne(ɪ̯)ˈɾa(ɾ)]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ma.ne(j)ˈɾa(ʁ)/ [ma.ne(ɪ̯)ˈɾa(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ma.ne(j)ˈɾa(ɻ)/ [ma.ne(ɪ̯)ˈɾa(ɻ)]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /mɐ.nɐjˈɾaɾ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /mɐ.nejˈɾaɾ/
- (Central Portugal) IPA(key): /mɐ.nejˈɾaɾ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /mɐ.neˈɾa.ɾi/
- Hyphenation: ma‧nei‧rar
Verb
maneirar (first-person singular present maneiro, first-person singular preterite maneirei, past participle maneirado)
- (Brazil, intransitive) to act moderately
- (Brazil, transitive, intransitive) to make less intense
- (Brazil, transitive) to solve a difficult problem in a clever way
Conjugation
Conjugation of maneirar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Related terms
Further reading
- “maneirar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025