manobra

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /maˈnɔ.bɾɐ/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /maˈnɔ.bɾa/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /mɐˈnɔ.bɾɐ/ [mɐˈnɔ.βɾɐ]

  • Hyphenation: ma‧no‧bra

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French manœuvre, from Middle French manœuvre (“manipulation, maneuver”) and manœuvrer (“to maneuver”), from Old French manovre (“handwork, manual labour”), from Medieval Latin manopera, manuopera (“work done by hand, handwork”), from Latin manū (“by hand”) + operor (“to work”).

Noun

manobra f (plural manobras)

  1. maneuver
Derived terms
  • manobrista

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

manobra

  1. inflection of manobrar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.