manejar

Meaning

  1. to handle
  2. to manage
  3. (Latin-America, Philippines, US) to drive (a vehicle)

Frequency

B1
Hyphenated as
ma‧ne‧jar
Pronounced as (IPA)
/maneˈxaɾ/
Etymology

In summary

Borrowed from Italian maneggiare. Displaced the older Spanish manear, itself of the same origin (Vulgar Latin *manizāre). Compare English manage.

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