maneirar
Portuguese, verb/ma.ne(j)ˈɾa(ʁ)/
maneirar is spelled M-A-N-E-I-R-A-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese, the 62,059th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Maneirar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to act moderately” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “tornar maneiro, leve, suave”.
What does maneirar mean in English?
verb
- 1
Brazilto act moderately
- 2
Brazilto make less intense
- 3
Brazilto solve a difficult problem in a clever way
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. tornar maneiro, leve, suave 2. agir de forma calma, não agressiva
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of maneirar
- maneiro first-person present singular
- maneirei first-person preterite singular
- maneirado participle past
- maneirares infinitive second-person singular
- maneirarmos first-person infinitive plural
- maneirardes infinitive plural second-person
- maneirarem infinitive plural third-person
- maneirando gerund
- maneirados masculine participle past
- maneirada feminine participle past
- maneiradas feminine participle past
- maneiras indicative present second-person
- maneira indicative present singular
- maneiramos first-person indicative plural
- maneirais indicative plural present
- maneiram indicative plural present
- maneirava first-person imperfect indicative
- maneiravas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce maneirar?
- Brazil /ma.ne(j)ˈɾa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [ma.ne(ɪ̯)ˈɾa(h)]
- /ma.ne(j)ˈɾa(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is maneirar in Portuguese?
maneirar appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).