manivela
Spanish, noun/maniˈbela/
manivela is spelled M-A-N-I-V-E-L-A (8 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish, the 53,393rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Manivela is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “crank” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “En un mecanismo, elemento que transmite movimiento a otro pivotando un extremo sobre un eje y rotando el otro…”.
What does manivela mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecrank
- 2
femininehandle
- 3
femininesteering wheel
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. En un mecanismo, elemento que transmite movimiento a otro pivotando un extremo sobre un eje y rotando el otro como palanca de segundo grado.
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 manivela
- manivelas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce manivela?
- /maniˈbela/
- [ma.niˈβ̞e.la]
- [maniˈβ̞ela]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to manivela
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is manivela in Spanish?
manivela appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).