manejar

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *manidiāre, from Latin manus (“hand”). By surface analysis, mà +‎ -ejar.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [mə.nəˈʒa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [ma.neˈd͡ʒaɾ]

manejar (first-person singular present manejo, first-person singular preterite manegí, past participle manejat); root stress: (Central) /ɛ/; (Valencian) /e/; (Balearic) /ə/

1. (transitive) to handle, to manipulate
2. (transitive) to manage, to operate
3. (intransitive) to gesticulate
4. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to move, shake, sway

• manejable
• manejadís
• manejament

• “manejar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

• manear

Either inherited from Vulgar Latin *manidiāre or borrowed through Italian maneggiare. By surface analysis, mão +‎ -n- +‎ -ejar.

• Hyphenation: ma‧ne‧jar

manejar (first-person singular present manejo, first-person singular preterite manejei, past participle manejado)

1. to manage
2. to handle

Borrowed from Italian maneggiare. Replaced the older Spanish manear, itself of the same origin, probably Vulgar Latin *manidiāre, from Latin manus (“hand”). Cognate of English manage.

• IPA^(key): /maneˈxaɾ/ [ma.neˈxaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: ma‧ne‧jar

manejar (first-person singular present manejo, first-person singular preterite manejé, past participle manejado)

1. to handle
2. to manage

   Synonym: dirigir

3. (Latin America, Philippines, Equatorial Guinea) to drive (a vehicle)

   Synonym: conducir

• “manejar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014