manipular
Portuguese, verb/ma.ni.puˈla(ʁ)/
manipular is spelled M-A-N-I-P-U-L-A-R (9 letters) and appears 7.1 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 9,452nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Manipular is a Portuguese verb meaning “to manipulate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “preparar com a mão”.
What does manipular mean in English?
verb
- 1
to manipulate
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. soldado romano que fazia parte de um manípulo
verb: 1. preparar com a mão 2. preparar (certos medicamentos) com vários símplices 3. engendrar, forjar 4. perverter, orientar
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 manipular
- manipulo first-person present singular
- manipulei first-person preterite singular
- manipulado participle past
- manipulares infinitive second-person singular
- manipularmos first-person infinitive plural
- manipulardes infinitive plural second-person
- manipularem infinitive plural third-person
- manipulando gerund
- manipulados masculine participle past
- manipulada feminine participle past
- manipuladas feminine participle past
- manipulas indicative present second-person
- manipula indicative present singular
- manipulamos first-person indicative plural
- manipulais indicative plural present
- manipulam indicative plural present
- manipulava first-person imperfect indicative
- manipulavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce manipular?
- Brazil /ma.ni.puˈla(ʁ)/
- Brazil [ma.ni.puˈla(h)]
- /ma.ni.puˈla(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (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 Portuguese?
manipular appears 7.1 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).