manobrar
Portuguese, verb/ma.noˈbɾa(ʁ)/
manobrar is spelled M-A-N-O-B-R-A-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese, the 40,025th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Manobrar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to maneuver (to move or operate something carefully and skilfully)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “fazer movimento elaborado que requer habilidade, destreza”.
What does manobrar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to maneuver (to move or operate something carefully and skilfully)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. fazer movimento elaborado que requer habilidade, destreza 2. lidar com, manejar a situação 3. guiar um automóvel, sobretudo em lugares pequenos e difíceis 4. enganar as pessoas para que elas ajam conforma a vontade de outrem; manipular
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 manobrar
- manobro first-person present singular
- manobrei first-person preterite singular
- manobrado participle past
- manobrares infinitive second-person singular
- manobrarmos first-person infinitive plural
- manobrardes infinitive plural second-person
- manobrarem infinitive plural third-person
- manobrando gerund
- manobrados masculine participle past
- manobrada feminine participle past
- manobradas feminine participle past
- manobras indicative present second-person
- manobra indicative present singular
- manobramos first-person indicative plural
- manobrais indicative plural present
- manobram indicative plural present
- manobrava first-person imperfect indicative
- manobravas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce manobrar?
- Brazil /ma.noˈbɾa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [ma.noˈbɾa(h)]
- /ma.noˈbɾa(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 manobrar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is manobrar in Portuguese?
manobrar appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).