manipulál

Hungarian

Etymology

From German manipulieren, from French manipuler, from New Latin manipulare, from Latin manipulus.[1] With the verb-forming suffix -ál.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈmɒnipulaːl]
  • Hyphenation: ma‧ni‧pu‧lál
  • Rhymes: -aːl

Verb

manipulál

  1. (transitive, rare) to manipulate (to move, arrange or operate something using the hands)
    Synonyms: kezel, (derogatory) babrál, (derogatory) matat
  2. (transitive) to manipulate (to tamper with something for personal gain)
    Synonyms: visszaél, ravaszkodik, ügyeskedik, mesterkedik
  3. (transitive, derogatory) to manipulate (to influence or manage individual or public opinion indirectly and shrewdly)
    Synonym: befolyásol

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • manipulálás

References

  1. Tótfalusi, István. Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára (’A Storehouse of Foreign Words: an explanatory and etymological dictionary of foreign words’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2005. →ISBN

Further reading

  • manipulál in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
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