maneggiare
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Italian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Vulgar Latin *manizāre (“handle”). Derivable from mano (“hand”) + -eggiare (verb-forming suffix).
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]maneggiàre (first-person singular present manéggio, first-person singular past historic maneggiài, past participle maneggiàto, auxiliary avére) (transitive)
- to use with a technical purpose; to handle
- maneggiare un'attrezzo ― to handle a tool
- to mould/mold or sculpt
- maneggiare l'argilla ― to mould/mold clay
- to master
- maneggiare una lingua ― to master a language
- to administer
- (sports) to train (a horse for horseracing)
- (rare) to exploit (someone's) submissiveness or passivity
- (rare) to palpate (an animal for slaughter) to check the degree of fattening
Conjugation
[edit] Conjugation of maneggiàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
Derived terms
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[edit]References
[edit]- maneggiare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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