manjar
Portuguese, noun/mɐ̃ˈʒa(ʁ)/
manjar is spelled M-A-N-J-A-R (6 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 51,518th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Manjar is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “any food or dish, chiefly a well-prepared or sophisticated one” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “iguaria”.
What does manjar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to eat
- 2
informalto be knowledgeable at, to be good at
Ela manja de matemática.
- 3
informalto understand
noun
- 1
masculineany food or dish, chiefly a well-prepared or sophisticated one
- 2
Brazilmasculinea short name for a number of desserts of Brazilian origin
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. iguaria 2. sobremesa mole e branca que lembra um pudim 3. deleite espiritual
verb: 1. comer 2. observar, perceber 3. saber muito sobre um assunto 4. olhar ou observar de maneira escondida
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 manjar
- manjo first-person present singular
- manjei first-person preterite singular
- manjado participle past
- manjares infinitive second-person singular
- manjarmos first-person infinitive plural
- manjardes infinitive plural second-person
- manjarem infinitive plural third-person
- manjando gerund
- manjados masculine participle past
- manjada feminine participle past
- manjadas feminine participle past
- manjas indicative present second-person
- manja indicative present singular
- manjamos first-person indicative plural
- manjais indicative plural present
- manjam indicative plural present
- manjava first-person imperfect indicative
- manjavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce manjar?
- Brazil /mɐ̃ˈʒa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [mɐ̃ˈʒa(h)]
- /mɐ̃ˈʒa(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is manjar in Portuguese?
manjar appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).