manobra
Portuguese
Etymology
From French manœuvre, from Middle French manœuvre (“manipulation, maneuver”) and manœuvrer (“to maneuver”), from Old French manovre (“handwork, manual labour”), from Medieval Latin manopera, manuopera (“work done by hand, handwork”), from Latin manu (“by hand”) + operari (“to work”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /mɐˈnɔ.bɾɐ/, /maˈnɔ.bɾa/, /mɐˈnɔ.bɾa/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /mɐ.ˈnɔ.βɾɐ/
- Hyphenation: ma‧no‧bra
Noun
manobra f (plural manobras)
- maneuver, manoeuvre, manœuvre, manoeuver