manejar

∗ ≈

to drive

∗ verb

manejar
transitive verb
1to operate (máquina, mandos); to handle (caballo, bicicleta); to wield (arma)
2to handle (datos); to use, to marshal (conocimientos)
  • maneja varios lenguajes de programación -> she can use several programming languages
  • manejan información de primera mano -> they use primary sources
3to manage, to run (negocio); to handle (gente)
4to boss about (dominar)
  • maneja a su novio a su antojo -> she can twist her fiancé round her little finger
5to drive (vehículo) (Am)
intransitive verb
6to drive (en vehículo) (Am)
manejarse
pronomial verb
1to manage, to get by (desenvolverse)
  • no se maneja nada bien con las computadoras -> he doesn't have much of an idea of how to use computers

Copyright © 2006 Chambers Harrap Publishers Limited

manejar [mah-nay-har’]
article & verb transitive
1To manage, to wield, to move with the hand.
2To manage, to train a horse to graceful action.
3To manage, to conduct, to govern, to contrive.
4To handle (herramienta, lengua), to hand, to palm.
5To manage (persona), to carry on.
  • Ella maneja a su marido -> she manages her husband
verb reflexive
6To know how to conduct oneself (comportarse).
7To be able to move after having been deprived of motion.
8To manage (arreglárselas).
  • Se maneja bien con los chiquillos -> she manages all right with the kids

Velazquez® Spanish and English Dictionary. Copyright © 2007 by Velazquez® Press. All rights reserved.

manejar
verbo:transitivo
1 (usar) [+herramienta, arma] to handle; use; [+máquina] to operate; [+idioma] to use
2 (dirigir) [+negocio, empresa] to run; [+asuntos] to look after
3 [+dinero] to handle
manejan cifras elevadísimas they handle huge sums (of money)
4
manejar a algn: mi tía maneja a su marido my aunt keeps her husband under her thumb
5 (Latinoamérica) (Automóviles) to drive
verbo:intransitivo
1
manejar con cuidado handle with care
2 (Latinoamérica) (Automóviles) to drive
el examen de manejar the driving test
verbo:pronominal
manejarse
1 (España) (desenvolverse) to manage
no te preocupes, puedo manejarme manejármelas yo solao don't worry, I can manage on my own
él sabe manejarse solo
se maneja bien en inglés he gets along fine in English; se maneja bien con los chiquillos she's good with the kids; ¿cómo te (las) manejas para estudiar y trabajar? how do you manage to study and work at the same time?; ya empieza a manejarse con ayuda de las muletas she's beginning to get about with the aid of crutches
2 (comportarse) to act; behave

Collins Complete Spanish Electronic Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers 2011

Verb Conjugation for "manejar"

Presente Pretérito Imperfect Futuro Subjuntivo
Yo manejo manejé manejaba manejaré maneje
Tú manejas manejaste manejabas manejarás manejes
Ella/Él/Usted maneja manejó manejaba manejará maneje
Nosotros manejamos manejamos manejábamos manejaremos manejemos
Vosotros manejáis manejasteis manejabais manejaréis manejéis
Ellos/Ustedes manejan manejaron manejaban manejarán manejen
Paid English to Spanish translation

Word of the Day: la carcajada

∗

hearty laughter, raucous laughter, guffaw