maneggiare

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Italian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Vulgar Latin *manizāre (handle). Derivable from mano (hand) +‎ -eggiare (verb-forming suffix). Cognate with Sicilian manijari.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ma.nedˈd͡ʒa.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: ma‧neg‧già‧re

Verb

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maneggiàre (first-person singular present manéggio, first-person singular past historic maneggiài, past participle maneggiàto, auxiliary avére) (transitive)

  1. to use with a technical purpose; to handle
    maneggiare un'attrezzoto handle a tool
  2. to mould/mold or sculpt
    maneggiare l'argillato mould/mold clay
  3. to master
    maneggiare una linguato master a language
  4. to administer
  5. (sports) to train (a horse for horseracing)
  6. (rare) to exploit (someone's) submissiveness or passivity
  7. (rare) to palpate (an animal for slaughter) to check the degree of fattening

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Spanish: manejar

References

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  • maneggiare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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