maneggiare

Meaning

  1. (transitive) to use with a technical purpose; to handle
  2. (transitive) to mould/mold or sculpt
  3. (transitive) to master
  4. (transitive) to administer
  5. (transitive) to train (a horse for horseracing)
  6. (rare, transitive) to exploit (someone's) submissiveness or passivity
  7. (rare, transitive) to palpate (an animal for slaughter) to check the degree of fattening

Frequency

C2
Hyphenated as
ma‧neg‧già‧re
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ma.nedˈd͡ʒa.re/
Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *manizāre (“handle”). Derivable from mano (“hand”) + -eggiare (verb-forming suffix). Cognate with Sicilian manijari.

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