menear

== Ladino == === Alternative forms === manear === Etymology === Inherited from Old Spanish menear. === Verb === menear (Hebrew spelling מיניאר) (ambitransitive) to move (get in motion or put something in motion) (ambitransitive) to shake (wiggle) (ambitransitive) to stir (something); mix (something) around ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === References === == Old Spanish == === Etymology === Variation of menar, from Latin mināre (“to drive”). === Verb === menear to shake (wiggle) ==== Descendants ==== Ladino: manear, menear, מיניאר, מאניאר Spanish: menear === References === Ralph Steele Boggs et al. (1946), “menear”, in Tentative Dictionary of Medieval Spanish, volume II, Chapel Hill, page 335 == Portuguese == === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: me‧ne‧ar === Verb === menear (first-person singular present meneio, first-person singular preterite meneei, past participle meneado) (transitive) to wiggle, wag, shake (Rio Grande do Sul) to handle or to manage with the hands Synonym: manejar (Rio Grande do Sul) to strike or to hit with the hands Synonym: golpear ==== Conjugation ==== === Further reading === “menear”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “menear”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2026 “menear” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913 “menear”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026 “menear”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN “menear”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === From manear (“(dated) to drive”), with contamination from menar (“to drive livestock”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /meneˈaɾ/ [me.neˈaɾ] Rhymes: -aɾ Syllabification: me‧ne‧ar === Verb === menear (first-person singular present meneo, first-person singular preterite meneé, past participle meneado) (transitive) to wiggle, to wag, to shake Synonyms: rabear, zarandear (transitive) to hobble, to hopple (a horse) (reflexive) to sway, to shake ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “menear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025