manipular

English

Etymology

From Latin manipulāris: compare French manipulaire.

Adjective

manipular (comparative more manipular, superlative most manipular)

1. of or relating to a maniple (Roman army division)
2. manipulatory

   manipular operations

3. manipulative

Anagrams

• planarium

Catalan

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin manipulare.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [mə.ni.puˈla]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ma.ni.puˈlaɾ]
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

manipular (first-person singular present manipulo, first-person singular preterite manipulí, past participle manipulat)

1. (transitive) to manipulate, to operate

   Synonym: manejar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of manipular (first conjugation)

infinitive			manipular
gerund			manipulant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		manipulat		manipulada
		plural		manipulats		manipulades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	manipulo	manipules	manipula	manipulem	manipuleu	manipulen
	imperfect	manipulava	manipulaves	manipulava	manipulàvem	manipulàveu	manipulaven
	future	manipularé	manipularàs	manipularà	manipularem	manipulareu	manipularan
	preterite	manipulí	manipulares	manipulà	manipulàrem	manipulàreu	manipularen
	conditional	manipularia	manipularies	manipularia	manipularíem	manipularíeu	manipularien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	manipuli	manipulis	manipuli	manipulem	manipuleu	manipulin
	imperfect	manipulés	manipulessis	manipulés	manipuléssim	manipuléssiu	manipulessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	manipula	manipuli	manipulem	manipuleu	manipulin
	negative (no)	—	no manipulis	no manipuli	no manipulem	no manipuleu	no manipulin

Derived terms

• manipulable
• manipulador

 

Related terms

• maniple
• manípul
• manipulació

 

Further reading

• “manipular” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “manipular”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “manipular” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “manipular” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Ido

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /manipuˈlar/

Verb

manipular (present tense manipulas, past tense manipulis, future tense manipulos, imperative manipulez, conditional manipulus)

1. (transitive) to manipulate, handle, wield

   Synonym: manuagar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of manipular

		present		past		future
infinitive		manipular		manipulir		manipulor
tense		manipulas		manipulis		manipulos
conditional		manipulus
imperative		manipulez
adjective active participle		manipulanta		manipulinta		manipulonta
adverbial active participle		manipulante		manipulinte		manipulonte
nominal active participle	singular	manipulanto		manipulinto		manipulonto
	plural	manipulanti		manipulinti		manipulonti
adjective passive participle		manipulata		manipulita		manipulota
adverbial passive participle		manipulate		manipulite		manipulote
nominal passive participle	singular	manipulato		manipulito		manipuloto
	plural	manipulati		manipuliti		manipuloti

Related terms

• manipulo

Occitan

Pronunciation

• Audio (Béarn):

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Verb

manipular

1. to manipulate

Conjugation

    Lengadocian (Central Occitan)

		simple			compound
infinitive		manipular			aver manipulat
gerund		manipulant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		manipulat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	manipuli	manipulas	manipula	manipulam	manipulatz	manipulan
	imperfect	manipulavi	manipulavas	manipulava	manipulàvem	manipulàvetz	manipulavan
	preterite	manipulèri	manipulères	manipulèt	manipulèrem	manipulèretz	manipulèron
	future	manipularai	manipularàs	manipularà	manipularem	manipularetz	manipularàn
	conditional	manipulariái	manipulariás	manipulariá	manipulariam	manipulariatz	manipularián
	conditional 2nd form1	manipulèra	manipulèras	manipulèra	manipuleram	manipuleratz	manipulèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	manipule	manipules	manipule	manipulem	manipuletz	manipulen
	imperfect	manipulèssi	manipulèsses	manipulèsse	manipulèssem	manipulèssetz	manipulèsson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			manipula		manipulem	manipulatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Auvernhàs

		simple			compound
infinitive		manipular			aver manipulat
gerund		manipulant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		manipulat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	manipule	manipules	manipula	manipulam	manipulatz	manipulon
	imperfect	manipulave	manipulaves	manipulava	manipulaviam	manipulaviatz	manipulavon
	preterite	manipulere	manipuleres	manipulet	manipulem	manipuletz	manipuleron
	future	manipularai	manipularàs	manipulará	manipularem	manipularetz	manipularán
	conditional	manipulariá	manipulariás	manipulariá	manipulariam	manipulariatz	manipularián
	conditional 2nd form1	manipulèra	manipulèras	manipulèra	manipuleram	manipuleratz	manipulèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	manipule	manipules	manipule	manipulassiam	manipulassiatz	manipulon
	imperfect	manipulesse	manipulesses	manipulesse	manipulessiam	manipulessiatz	manipulesson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			manipula		manipulassiam	manipulatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Gascon

		simple			compound
infinitive		manipular			aver manipulat
gerund		manipulant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		manipulat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	manipuli	manipulas	manipula	manipulam	manipulatz	manipulan
	imperfect	manipulavi	manipulavas	manipulava	manipulàvam	manipulàvatz	manipulavan
	preterite	manipulèi	manipulès	manipulè	manipulèm	manipulètz	manipulèn
	future	manipularèi	manipularàs	manipularà	manipularam	manipularatz	manipularàn
	conditional	manipularí	manipularés	manipularé	manipularem	manipularetz	manipularén
	conditional 2nd form1	manipulèra	manipulèras	manipulèra	manipuleram	manipuleratz	manipulèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	manipuli	manipules	manipule	manipulem	manipuletz	manipulen
	imperfect	manipulèssi	manipulèsses	manipulèsse	manipulèssem	manipulèssetz	manipulèssen
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			manipula		manipulem	manipulatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Lemosin

		simple			compound
infinitive		manipular			aver manipulat
gerund		manipulant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		manipulat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	manipule	manipulas	manipula	manipulam	manipulatz	manipulan
	imperfect	manipulava	manipulavas	manipulava	manipulàvam	manipulàvatz	manipulavan
	preterite	manipulei	manipuleras	manipulet	manipulèram	manipulèratz	manipuleran
	future	manipularai	manipularàs	manipulará	manipularem	manipularetz	manipularán
	conditional	manipulariá	manipulariàs	manipulariá	manipulariam	manipulariatz	manipularián
	conditional 2nd form1	manipulèra	manipulèras	manipulèra	manipuleram	manipuleratz	manipulèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	manipule	manipules	manipule	manipulem	manipuletz	manipulen
	imperfect	manipulèsse	manipulèsses	manipulèsse	manipulèssem	manipulèssetz	manipulèssen
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			manipula		manipulem	manipulatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Provençau

		simple			compound
infinitive		manipular			aver manipulat
gerund		manipulant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		manipulat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	manipule	manipules	manipula	manipulam	manipulatz	manipulan
	imperfect	manipulavi	manipulavas	manipulava	manipulàvem	manipulàvetz	manipulavan
	preterite	manipulère	manipulères	manipulèt	manipuleriam	manipuleriatz	manipulèron
	future	manipularai	manipularàs	manipularà	manipularem	manipularetz	manipularàn
	conditional	manipulariáu	manipulariás	manipulariá	manipulariam	manipulariatz	manipularián
	conditional 2nd form1	manipulèra	manipulèras	manipulèra	manipuleram	manipuleratz	manipulèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	manipule	manipules	manipule	manipulem	manipuletz	manipulan
	imperfect	manipulèsse	manipulèsses	manipulèsse	manipulessiam	manipulessiatz	manipulèsson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			manipula		manipulem	manipulatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

Related terms

• manipulacion

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from French manipuler.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ma.ni.puˈla(ʁ)/ [ma.ni.puˈla(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ma.ni.puˈla(ʁ)/ [ma.ni.puˈla(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ma.ni.puˈla(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ma.ni.puˈla(ʁ)/ [ma.ni.puˈla(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ma.ni.puˈla(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐ.ni.puˈlaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐ.ni.puˈlaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐ.ni.puˈla.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: ma‧ni‧pu‧lar

Verb

manipular (first-person singular present manipulo, first-person singular preterite manipulei, past participle manipulado)

1. to manipulate

Conjugation

    Conjugation of manipular (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	manipular
Personal	manipular	manipulares	manipular	manipularmos	manipulardes	manipularem
Gerund
	manipulando
Past participle
Masculine	manipulado			manipulados
Feminine	manipulada			manipuladas
Indicative
Present	manipulo	manipulas	manipula	manipulamos	manipulais	manipulam
Imperfect	manipulava	manipulavas	manipulava	manipulávamos	manipuláveis	manipulavam
Preterite	manipulei	manipulaste	manipulou	manipulamos1, manipulámos2	manipulastes	manipularam
Pluperfect	manipulara	manipularas	manipulara	manipuláramos	manipuláreis	manipularam
Future	manipularei	manipularás	manipulará	manipularemos	manipulareis	manipularão
Conditional	manipularia	manipularias	manipularia	manipularíamos	manipularíeis	manipulariam
Subjunctive
Present	manipule	manipules	manipule	manipulemos	manipuleis	manipulem
Imperfect	manipulasse	manipulasses	manipulasse	manipulássemos	manipulásseis	manipulassem
Future	manipular	manipulares	manipular	manipularmos	manipulardes	manipularem
Imperative
Affirmative		manipula	manipule	manipulemos	manipulai	manipulem
Negative (não)		não manipules	não manipule	não manipulemos	não manipuleis	não manipulem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Derived terms

• manipulação
• manipulador
• manipulável

 

Related terms

• mão

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin manipulus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /manipuˈlaɾ/ [ma.ni.puˈlaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: ma‧ni‧pu‧lar

Verb

manipular (first-person singular present manipulo, first-person singular preterite manipulé, past participle manipulado)

1. to manipulate

Conjugation

    Conjugation of manipular (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			manipular
gerund			manipulando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		manipulado		manipulada
		plural		manipulados		manipuladas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	manipulo	manipulastú manipulásvos	manipula	manipulamos	manipuláis	manipulan
	imperfect	manipulaba	manipulabas	manipulaba	manipulábamos	manipulabais	manipulaban
	preterite	manipulé	manipulaste	manipuló	manipulamos	manipulasteis	manipularon
	future	manipularé	manipularás	manipulará	manipularemos	manipularéis	manipularán
	conditional	manipularía	manipularías	manipularía	manipularíamos	manipularíais	manipularían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	manipule	manipulestú manipulésvos2	manipule	manipulemos	manipuléis	manipulen
	imperfect (ra)	manipulara	manipularas	manipulara	manipuláramos	manipularais	manipularan
	imperfect (se)	manipulase	manipulases	manipulase	manipulásemos	manipulaseis	manipulasen
	future1	manipulare	manipulares	manipulare	manipuláremos	manipulareis	manipularen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		manipulatú manipulávos	manipule	manipulemos	manipulad	manipulen
	negative		no manipules	no manipule	no manipulemos	no manipuléis	no manipulen

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of manipular

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive manipular
	dative	manipularme	manipularte	manipularle, manipularse	manipularnos	manipularos	manipularles, manipularse
	accusative	manipularme	manipularte	manipularlo, manipularla, manipularse	manipularnos	manipularos	manipularlos, manipularlas, manipularse
with gerund manipulando
	dative	manipulándome	manipulándote	manipulándole, manipulándose	manipulándonos	manipulándoos	manipulándoles, manipulándose
	accusative	manipulándome	manipulándote	manipulándolo, manipulándola, manipulándose	manipulándonos	manipulándoos	manipulándolos, manipulándolas, manipulándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative manipula
	dative	manipúlame	manipúlate	manipúlale	manipúlanos	not used	manipúlales
	accusative	manipúlame	manipúlate	manipúlalo, manipúlala	manipúlanos	not used	manipúlalos, manipúlalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative manipulá
	dative	manipulame	manipulate	manipulale	manipulanos	not used	manipulales
	accusative	manipulame	manipulate	manipulalo, manipulala	manipulanos	not used	manipulalos, manipulalas
with formal second-person singular imperative manipule
	dative	manipúleme	not used	manipúlele, manipúlese	manipúlenos	not used	manipúleles
	accusative	manipúleme	not used	manipúlelo, manipúlela, manipúlese	manipúlenos	not used	manipúlelos, manipúlelas
with first-person plural imperative manipulemos
	dative	not used	manipulémoste	manipulémosle	manipulémonos	manipulémoos	manipulémosles
	accusative	not used	manipulémoste	manipulémoslo, manipulémosla	manipulémonos	manipulémoos	manipulémoslos, manipulémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative manipulad
	dative	manipuladme	not used	manipuladle	manipuladnos	manipulaos	manipuladles
	accusative	manipuladme	not used	manipuladlo, manipuladla	manipuladnos	manipulaos	manipuladlos, manipuladlas
with formal second-person plural imperative manipulen
	dative	manipúlenme	not used	manipúlenle	manipúlennos	not used	manipúlenles, manipúlense
	accusative	manipúlenme	not used	manipúlenlo, manipúlenla	manipúlennos	not used	manipúlenlos, manipúlenlas, manipúlense

Related terms

• manipulación
• manipulador

 

Further reading

• “manipular”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28