maniobra
Spanish, noun
maniobra is spelled M-A-N-I-O-B-R-A (8 letters) and appears 8.7 times per million words in written Spanish, the 7,966th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Maniobra is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “maneuver” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of maniobrar. With an accent, maniobrá is a different word: “second-person singular voseo imperative of maniobrar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Grupo de movimientos con que la mano hace funcionar cualquier tipo instrumento”.
What does maniobra mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemaneuver
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
second-person singular voseo imperative of maniobrar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Grupo de movimientos con que la mano hace funcionar cualquier tipo instrumento. 2. Clase de operaciones que se efectúan para intrigar. 3. Serie ejecuciones que se hacen para conducir un vehículo, especialmente para que cambie de dirección. 4. Dícese de las prácticas y simulacros militares que se realizan en los ejércitos.
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 maniobra
- maniobras plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to maniobra
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is maniobra in Spanish?
maniobra appears 8.7 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).