manexar

manexar

1. To handle (use with the hand)
2. To run, direct
3. To be well-off

• manejar (reintegrationist)

From Old Galician-Portuguese manejar (13th century, Alfonso X), from man +‎ -exar. Cognate of Portuguese manejar, Spanish manejar, and English manage.

• IPA^(key): /maneˈʃaɾ/ [mã.neˈʃaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Hyphenation: [ma‧ne‧xar

manexar (first-person singular present manexo, first-person singular preterite manexei, past participle manexado)

1. (transitive) to drive

   Synonym: conducir

2. (transitive) to handle

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022), “manejar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018), “manej”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “manexar”, 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), “manexar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “manexar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

• “manexar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025