manotear
Spanish, verb/manoteˈaɾ/
manotear is spelled M-A-N-O-T-E-A-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 20 million words in written Spanish, the 163,697th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Manotear is a Spanish verb meaning “to slap, smack, spank” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Dar golpes con las manos”.
What does manotear mean in English?
verb
- 1
to slap, smack, spank
- 2
to gesticulate
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Dar golpes con las manos. 2. Arrebatar.
verb: 1. Gesticular.
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 manotear
- manoteo first-person present singular
- manoteé first-person preterite singular
- manoteado participle past
- manoteando gerund
- manoteada feminine participle past
- manoteados masculine participle past
- manoteadas feminine participle past
- manoteas indicative informal present
- manoteás indicative informal present
- manotea indicative present singular
- manoteamos first-person indicative plural
- manoteáis indicative plural present
- manotean indicative plural present
- manoteaba first-person imperfect indicative
- manoteabas imperfect indicative second-person
- manoteábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- manoteabais imperfect indicative plural
- manoteaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce manotear?
- /manoteˈaɾ/
- [ma.no.t̪eˈaɾ]
- [manot̪eˈaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to manotear
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is manotear in Spanish?
manotear appears about once in every 20 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).