manipular
Spanish, verb/manipuˈlaɾ/
manipular is spelled M-A-N-I-P-U-L-A-R (9 letters) and appears 7.6 times per million words in written Spanish, the 8,770th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Manipular is a Spanish verb meaning “to manipulate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Trabajar algo manualmente”.
What does manipular mean in English?
verb
- 1
to manipulate
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Trabajar algo manualmente. 2. Cambiar las informaciones a conveniencia o interés de una persona o una causa. 3. Manosear un objeto. 4. Controlar los actos de una persona impidiendo su autonomía.
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 manipular
- manipulo first-person present singular
- manipulé first-person preterite singular
- manipulado participle past
- manipulando gerund
- manipulada feminine participle past
- manipulados masculine participle past
- manipuladas feminine participle past
- manipulas indicative informal present
- manipulás indicative informal present
- manipula indicative present singular
- manipulamos first-person indicative plural
- manipuláis indicative plural present
- manipulan indicative plural present
- manipulaba first-person imperfect indicative
- manipulabas imperfect indicative second-person
- manipulábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- manipulabais imperfect indicative plural
- manipulaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce manipular?
- /manipuˈlaɾ/
- [ma.ni.puˈlaɾ]
- [manipuˈlaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to manipular
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is manipular in Spanish?
manipular appears 7.6 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).