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manjar

manjar

Ido

Verb

manjar (present tense manjas, past tense manjis, future tense manjos, imperative manjez, conditional manjus)

  1. to eat
    Ni manjos kande la manjajo finigos.
    We eat when the food is done.

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Occitan

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Etymology

From Old Provençal manjar, from Latin manducāre, present active infinitive of manducō.

Verb

manjar

  1. to eat

Conjugation


Old Provençal

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin manducāre, present active infinitive of manducō.

Verb

manjar

  1. to eat

Descendants

References


Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowing from French manger, Old French mengier, or Italian mangiare, from Latin manducāre, present active infinitive of manducō.

Pronunciation

  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /mɐ̃.ʒˈaɾ/
  • (Brazil)
    • noun: IPA(key): /mɐ̃.ʒˈaʁ/, /mɐ̃.ʒˈax/
    • verb: IPA(key): /mɐ̃.ʒˈa(ʁ)/, /mɐ̃.ʒˈa(x)/
  • Hyphenation: man‧jar
  • Rhymes: -ar

Noun

manjar m (plural manjares)

  1. any food or dish, chiefly a well-prepared or sophisticated one
  2. a short name for a number of desserts of Brazilian origin, as for example manjar-branco, manjar-dos-anjos and manjar-imperial

Verb

manjar (first-person singular present indicative manjo, past participle manjado)

  1. (slang) to eat
  2. (Brazil, slang, usually followed by de) to significantly understand or master a particular subject or activity
    Ele manja de matemática - He knows mathematics quite well
    Eu manjo de videogames - I'm good at videogames
    Manja de inglês? Preciso de uma ajuda - Do you understand English well? I need some help

Conjugation


Spanish

Etymology

From a verb that originally meant "to eat", preserved thus in Portuguese, borrowed from Old Catalan [Term?] or Occitan [Term?] or Old Provençal menjar, from Latin manducāre, present active infinitive of manducō. Doublet of manducar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /manˈxaɾ/

Noun

manjar m (plural manjares)

  1. food, sustenance (especially delicious food, or one of the types of foods listed below)
  2. sustenance (something which invigorates mind or body)
  3. (obsolete) suit (one of the four types of cards in a deck)
  4. (Chile) fudge (sweet candy spread)

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