maneggiare
Meaning
- (transitive) to use with a technical purpose; to handle
- (transitive) to mould/mold or sculpt
- (transitive) to master
- (transitive) to administer
- (transitive) to train (a horse for horseracing)
- (rare, transitive) to exploit (someone's) submissiveness or passivity
- (rare, transitive) to palpate (an animal for slaughter) to check the degree of fattening
Synonyms
avere il comando
manià
lavorare a qualcosa
triminàre
Translations
Frequency
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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