manear

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈma.ne.ar]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈmaː.ne.ar]

Verb

manear

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of maneō

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ma.neˈa(ʁ)/ [ma.neˈa(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ma.neˈa(ʁ)/ [ma.neˈa(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ma.neˈa(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ma.neˈa(ʁ)/ [ma.neˈa(χ)]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /ma.neˈa(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐˈnjaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐˈnjaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐˈnja.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: ma‧ne‧ar

Verb

manear (first-person singular present maneio, first-person singular preterite maneei, past participle maneado)

1. alternative form of manejar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of manear (e becomes ei when stressed) (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	manear
Personal	manear	maneares	manear	manearmos	maneardes	manearem
Gerund
	maneando
Past participle
Masculine	maneado			maneados
Feminine	maneada			maneadas
Indicative
Present	maneio	maneias	maneia	maneamos	maneais	maneiam
Imperfect	maneava	maneavas	maneava	maneávamos	maneáveis	maneavam
Preterite	maneei	maneaste	maneou	maneamos1, maneámos2	maneastes	manearam
Pluperfect	maneara	manearas	maneara	maneáramos	maneáreis	manearam
Future	manearei	manearás	maneará	manearemos	maneareis	manearão
Conditional	manearia	manearias	manearia	manearíamos	manearíeis	maneariam
Subjunctive
Present	maneie	maneies	maneie	maneemos	maneeis	maneiem
Imperfect	maneasse	maneasses	maneasse	maneássemos	maneásseis	maneassem
Future	manear	maneares	manear	manearmos	maneardes	manearem
Imperative
Affirmative		maneia	maneie	maneemos	maneai	maneiem
Negative (não)		não maneies	não maneie	não maneemos	não maneeis	não maneiem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Further reading

• “manear”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “manear”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *manizāre. Derivable from mano (“hand”) +‎ -ear (verb-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maneˈaɾ/ [ma.neˈaɾ]

• Audio (Costa Rica):

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• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: ma‧ne‧ar

Verb

manear (first-person singular present maneo, first-person singular preterite maneé, past participle maneado)

1. (transitive) to hobble (a horse)
2. (transitive, uncommon) synonym of manejar
3. (transitive, colloquial, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Uruguay) to tie or entangle (someone)
4. (intransitive, reflexive, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Chile, rustic in Argentina, rare in Uruguay) to confuse oneself or act clumsily
   1. (reflexive, Colombia) to have gotten roped into
   2. (reflexive, Rioplatense) to trip on oneself

Conjugation

    Conjugation of manear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			manear
gerund			maneando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		maneado		maneada
		plural		maneados		maneadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	maneo	maneastú maneásvos	manea	maneamos	maneáis	manean
	imperfect	maneaba	maneabas	maneaba	maneábamos	maneabais	maneaban
	preterite	maneé	maneaste	maneó	maneamos	maneasteis	manearon
	future	manearé	manearás	maneará	manearemos	manearéis	manearán
	conditional	manearía	manearías	manearía	manearíamos	manearíais	manearían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	manee	maneestú maneésvos2	manee	maneemos	maneéis	maneen
	imperfect (ra)	maneara	manearas	maneara	maneáramos	manearais	manearan
	imperfect (se)	manease	maneases	manease	maneásemos	maneaseis	maneasen
	future1	maneare	maneares	maneare	maneáremos	maneareis	manearen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		maneatú maneávos	manee	maneemos	manead	maneen
	negative		no manees	no manee	no maneemos	no maneéis	no maneen

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of manear

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive manear	dative	manearme	manearte	manearle, manearse	manearnos	manearos	manearles, manearse
	accusative	manearme	manearte	manearlo, manearla, manearse	manearnos	manearos	manearlos, manearlas, manearse
with gerund maneando	dative	maneándome	maneándote	maneándole, maneándose	maneándonos	maneándoos	maneándoles, maneándose
	accusative	maneándome	maneándote	maneándolo, maneándola, maneándose	maneándonos	maneándoos	maneándolos, maneándolas, maneándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative manea	dative	manéame	manéate	manéale	manéanos	not used	manéales
	accusative	manéame	manéate	manéalo, manéala	manéanos	not used	manéalos, manéalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative maneá	dative	maneame	maneate	maneale	maneanos	not used	maneales
	accusative	maneame	maneate	manealo, maneala	maneanos	not used	manealos, manealas
with formal second-person singular imperative manee	dative	manéeme	not used	manéele, manéese	manéenos	not used	manéeles
	accusative	manéeme	not used	manéelo, manéela, manéese	manéenos	not used	manéelos, manéelas
with first-person plural imperative maneemos	dative	not used	maneémoste	maneémosle	maneémonos	maneémoos	maneémosles
	accusative	not used	maneémoste	maneémoslo, maneémosla	maneémonos	maneémoos	maneémoslos, maneémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative manead	dative	maneadme	not used	maneadle	maneadnos	maneaos	maneadles
	accusative	maneadme	not used	maneadlo, maneadla	maneadnos	maneaos	maneadlos, maneadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative maneen	dative	manéenme	not used	manéenle	manéennos	not used	manéenles, manéense
	accusative	manéenme	not used	manéenlo, manéenla	manéennos	not used	manéenlos, manéenlas, manéense

Further reading

• “manear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
• “manear”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010