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

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “maneira”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “maneira”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “maneira”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “maneira”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “maneira”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ejɾɐ

 

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

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

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• 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

Further reading

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