manejar

/maneˈxaɾ/, [ma.neˈxaɾ]

drive, handle


Gerund: manejando


Past Participles

  Masculine Feminine
Singular manejado manejada
Plural manejados manejadas

Indicative

  Present Imperfect Preterite Future Conditional
yo manejo manejaba manejé manejaré manejaría
manejas manejabas manejaste manejarás manejarías
él/ella/Ud. maneja manejaba manejó manejará manejaría
nosotros manejamos manejábamos manejamos manejaremos manejaríamos
vosotros manejáis manejabais manejasteis manejaréis manejaríais
ellos/ellas/Uds. manejan manejaban manejaron manejarán manejarían
vos manejás manejabas manejaste manejarás manejarías

Subjunctive

  Present Imperfect (ra) Imperfect (se) Future
yo maneje manejara manejase manejare
manejes manejaras manejases manejares
él/ella/Ud. maneje manejara manejase manejare
nosotros manejemos manejáramos manejásemos manejáremos
vosotros manejéis manejarais manejaseis manejareis
ellos/ellas/Uds. manejen manejaran manejasen manejaren
vos manejés manejaras manejases manejares

Imperative

  Affirmative Negative
yo    
maneja no manejes
Ud. maneje no maneje
nosotros manejemos no manejemos
vosotros manejad no manejéis
Uds. manejen no manejen
vos manejá no manejes

Source: Wiktionary available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License


Examples
  • Manejar eficazmente a la competencia es una parte importante de la vida.

    Effectively dealing with competition is an important part of life.

  • No puedo manejar una moto y mucho menos un carro.

    I cannot drive a motorcycle, much less a car.

  • Jim está aprendiendo a manejar.

    Jim is learning how to drive a car.

  • Nos turnamos para manejar.

    We took turns driving the car.

  • Tom no sabe manejar.

    Tom doesn't know how to drive.

  • Tom sabe cómo manejar una carretilla elevadora.

    Tom can operate a forklift.

  • Esta máquina es fácil de manejar.

    This machine is easy to handle.

  • No sé manejar un carro.

    I don't know how to drive a car.

  • Este auto es fácil de manejar.

    This car is easy to handle.

  • No fue su intención dejarla manejar pero le fastidió tanto que por fin se rindió.

    He didn't intend to let her drive but she pestered him so much that he finally gave in.

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