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massa de manobra

Portuguese, noun

massa de manobra is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “a mass (group of people) that is manipulated according to the interests of another, powerful group” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does massa de manobra mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininea mass (group of people) that is manipulated according to the interests of another, powerful group

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

phrase: 1. grupo de pessoas que segue e defende os ditames e os interesses políticos duma elite

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 massa de manobra

  • massas de manobra plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).