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manita

Spanish, noun/maˈnita/

manita is spelled M-A-N-I-T-A (6 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish, the 42,307th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Manita is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “wave (to show the hand wide open to the rival public) to indicate that the match was won 5-0 or 0-5” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a diminutive of mano (“hand”). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Polialcohol de propiedades laxantes que abunda en muchos líquenes, algas pardas y vegetales, en especial en…”.

What does manita mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininediminutive of mano (“hand”)

  2. 2

    femininewave (to show the hand wide open to the rival public) to indicate that the match was won 5-0 or 0-5

noun

  1. 1

    femininediminutive of mana (“sis”): female equivalent of manito (“bro”)

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Polialcohol de propiedades laxantes que abunda en muchos líquenes, algas pardas y vegetales, en especial en el maná del fresno. Esta formado por seis átomos de carbono, a menudo se obtiene mediante reducción de la manosa o de la fructosa y hoy en día se utiliza industrialmente como aditivo en muchos alimentos.

noun: 1. Diminutivo de mano.

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 manita

  • manitas plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce manita?

  • /maˈnita/
  • [maˈni.t̪a]
  • [maˈnit̪a]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is manita in Spanish?

manita appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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