maneira

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese maneira, from Vulgar Latin *manuāria, from feminine of Latin manuārius (“relating to the hand”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [maˈnei̯ɾɐ]

Noun

maneira f (plural maneiras)

1. manner, method, way

   Synonyms: modo, xeito

Derived terms

• á maneira de
• de calquera maneira
• de maneira que
• de ningunha maneira
• de todas as maneiras

 

References

• “maneira” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “maneyra” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “maneira” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “maneira” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “maneira” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /maˈne(j).ɾɐ/ [maˈne(ɪ̯).ɾɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /maˈne(j).ɾɐ/ [maˈne(ɪ̯).ɾɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /maˈne(j).ɾa/ [maˈne(ɪ̯).ɾa]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐˈnɐj.ɾɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐˈnɐj.ɾɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐˈnej.ɾɐ/
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐˈnej.ɾɐ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐˈne.ɾɐ/

• Hyphenation: ma‧nei‧ra

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese maneira, from Vulgar Latin *manāria, from feminine of Latin manuārius (“relating to the hand”), from manus (“hand”); corresponding to mão +‎ -eira. Compare Galician maneira, Spanish and Catalan manera, French manière, English manner, Romanian mâner.

Alternative forms

• maneyra (obsolete)
• manera (eye dialect)
• manêra (eye dialect)

Noun

maneira f (plural maneiras)

2. manner; way (particular method of doing something)

   Synonyms: jeito, método, moda, modo

4. (art) the specific style of an artist

   Synonyms: cunho, estilo

6. appearance; look; aspect; guise

   Synonyms: aparência, aspecto, feição, feitio, forma, formato

Derived terms

• à maneira
• à maneira de
• à maneira que
• amaneirar
• de maneira a
• de maneira que
• de qualquer maneira
• de toda maneira
• maneirar
• maneiras
• maneirismo
• maneirista
• maneiro
• maneiroso

 

Related terms

• manual
• mão

 

Adjective

maneira

1. feminine singular of maneiro

Etymology 2

Verb

maneira

1. inflection of maneirar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative