manobra

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French manœuvre, from Middle French manœuvre (“manipulation, maneuver”) and manœuvrer (“to maneuver”), from Old French manovre (“handwork, manual labour”), from Medieval Latin manopera, manuopera (“work done by hand, handwork”), from Latin manū (“by hand”) + operor (“to work”).

Pronunciation
 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /maˈnɔ.bɾɐ/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /maˈnɔ.bɾa/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /mɐˈnɔ.bɾɐ/ [mɐˈnɔ.βɾɐ]

  • Hyphenation: ma‧no‧bra

Noun

manobra f (plural manobras)

  1. maneuver, manoeuvre, manœuvre, manoeuver

Verb

manobra

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