manejar

to handle

to drive

manejar(mah-neh-hahr)

transitive verb

1. (to deal with)

a. to handle

Un cajero de casino maneja mucho dinero.

A casino cashier handles a lot of money.

b. to use

Hay que saber cómo manejar los datos para sacarles máximo provecho.

You need to know how to use the data to get the most out of it.

c. to operate

¿Has aprendido a manejar la nueva maquinaria?

Have you learned how to operate the new machinery?

2. (to control)

a. to handle

Hay que manejar la situación con mucho tacto.

We need to handle the situation very tactfully.

3. (to direct)

a. to run

Un conglomerado extranjero ha manejado la empresa desde enero.

A foreign conglomerate has run the company since January.

b. to manage

Me contrataron para manejar la bodega.

They hired me to manage the warehouse.

4. (to exploit)

a. to manipulate

El director de la empresa maneja a sus empleados como quiere.

The company director manipulates his staff at will.

5. (automobile)

(Latin America)

a. to drive

Mi padre me deja manejar su carro los fines de semana.

My dad lets me drive his car on weekends.

intransitive verb

6. (automobile)

(Latin America)

a. to drive

Voy a aprender a manejar este verano.

I'm going to learn to drive this summer.

manejarse

pronominal verb

7. (to handle oneself)

a. to get by

Se maneja muy bien en chino y ruso.

She gets by very well in Chinese and Russian.

b. to manage

Se maneja perfectamente en su nuevo empleo.

She's managing perfectly well in her new job.

8. (to act)

a. to behave

Los niños se manejaron muy bien en la excursión.

The children behaved really well on the field trip.

manejar

transitive verb

1. (máquina, mandos)

a. to operate

2. (caballo, bicicleta)

a. to handle

3. (arma)

a. to wield

4. (datos)

a. to handle

5. (conocimientos)

a. to use, to marshal

maneja varios lenguajes de programaciónshe can use several programming languages

manejan información de primera manothey use primary sources

6. (negocio)

a. to manage, to run

7. (gente)

a. to handle

8. (dominar)

a. to boss about

maneja a su novio a su antojoshe can twist her fiancé round her little finger

9. (vehículo)

(Latin America)

a. to drive

intransitive verb

10. (en vehículo)

(Latin America)

a. to drive

pronominal verb

11. (desenvolverse)

a. to manage, to get by

no se maneja nada bien con las computadorashe doesn't have much of an idea of how to use computers

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manejar

transitive verb

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

intransitive verb

1

manejar con cuidado handle with care

2 (Latinoamérica) (Automóviles) to drive

el examen de manejar the driving test

pronominal verb

manejarse

1 (España) (desenvolverse) to manage

no te preocupes, puedo manejarme o manejármelas yo sola 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