manear

Meaning

  1. (transitive) to hobble (a horse)
  2. (transitive, uncommon) synonym of manejar
  3. (El-Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Uruguay, colloquial, transitive) to tie or entangle (someone)
  4. (Chile, Colombia, Costa-Rica, Guatemala, Nicaragua, intransitive, rare, reflexive) to confuse oneself or act clumsily
  5. (Chile, Costa-Rica, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Rioplatense, intransitive, rare, reflexive) to confuse oneself or act clumsily

Synonyms

atar de pies y manos

amarrar los pies

Translations

legare i piedi

legare le mani

Hyphenated as
ma‧ne‧ar
Pronounced as (IPA)
/maneˈaɾ/
Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *manizāre. Derivable from mano (“hand”) + -ear (verb-forming suffix).

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