menear
Portuguese, verb/me.neˈa(ʁ)/
menear is spelled M-E-N-E-A-R (6 letters) and appears about once in every 93 million words in written Portuguese, the 262,312th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Menear is a Portuguese verb meaning “to wiggle, wag, shake” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “abanar, sacudir de um lado para o outro; fazer oscilar”.
What does menear mean in English?
verb
- 1
to wiggle, wag, shake
- 2
to handle or to manage with the hands
- 3
to strike or to hit with the hands
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. abanar, sacudir de um lado para o outro; fazer oscilar 2. saracotear, mover os quadris 3. mover-se oscilando 4. saracotear-se, fazer exibição corporal
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 menear
- meneio first-person present singular
- meneei first-person preterite singular
- meneado participle past
- meneares infinitive second-person singular
- menearmos first-person infinitive plural
- meneardes infinitive plural second-person
- menearem infinitive plural third-person
- meneando gerund
- meneados masculine participle past
- meneada feminine participle past
- meneadas feminine participle past
- meneias indicative present second-person
- meneia indicative present singular
- meneamos first-person indicative plural
- meneais indicative plural present
- meneiam indicative plural present
- meneava first-person imperfect indicative
- meneavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce menear?
- Brazil /me.neˈa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [me.neˈa(h)]
- Brazil /me.niˈa(ʁ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is menear in Portuguese?
menear appears about once in every 93 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).