manejar
Spanish, verb/maneˈxaɾ/
manejar is spelled M-A-N-E-J-A-R (7 letters) and appears 27 times per million words in written Spanish, the 3,046th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Manejar is a Spanish verb meaning “to handle” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Utilizar, manipular algo con las manos”.
What does manejar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to handle
- 2
to manage
- 3
Latin-AmericaUSto drive (a vehicle)
¿Tienes 23 años de edad y todavía no puedes manejar?
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Utilizar, manipular algo con las manos. 2. Utilizar una cosa con un fin determinado. 3. Conducir los caballos. 4. Conducir un vehículo.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of manejar
- manejo first-person present singular
- manejé first-person preterite singular
- manejado participle past
- manejando gerund
- manejada feminine participle past
- manejados masculine participle past
- manejadas feminine participle past
- manejas indicative informal present
- manejás indicative informal present
- maneja indicative present singular
- manejamos first-person indicative plural
- manejáis indicative plural present
- manejan indicative plural present
- manejaba first-person imperfect indicative
- manejabas imperfect indicative second-person
- manejábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- manejabais imperfect indicative plural
- manejaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce manejar?
- /maneˈxaɾ/
- [ma.neˈxaɾ]
- [maneˈxaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to manejar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is manejar in Spanish?
manejar appears 27 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).