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manevră
maneuver /maˈnevrə/
noun#5018 most common
Also: move (tactical), shunting operation (railway), ploy
Example sentences
Șoferul face o manevră simplă în parcare.
The driver makes a simple maneuver in the parking lot.
Manevra de parcare a fost destul de dificilă.
The parking maneuver was quite difficult.
Trenul execută o manevră pe peronul doi.
The train performs a shunting maneuver on platform two.
Politicianul a folosit o manevră abilă ca să evite întrebarea.
The politician used a clever maneuver to dodge the question.
Manevrele militare din regiune au stârnit îngrijorare internațională.
The military maneuvers in the region have caused international concern.
Această manevră diplomatică ascunde, de fapt, o strategie de negociere mult mai complexă.
This diplomatic maneuver actually conceals a much more complex negotiation strategy.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | manevră | manevre |
| Genitive | manevre | manevre |
| Accusative | manevră | manevre |
| Vocative | manevră | manevre |
Word family
a manevrato maneuver, to operate/handle
manevrabilmaneuverable
manevrarethe act of maneuvering or handling
manevrantrailway worker who does shunting
Etymology
Manevră entered Romanian from French manœuvre in the modern era, part of a wave of French borrowings that reshaped Romanian vocabulary in the 19th century. The French word itself descends from Medieval Latin manopera, a fusion of manus (hand) and opera (work), so the original sense was simply hand labor. Over centuries the meaning narrowed toward controlled, deliberate movement, first of ships and troops, later of vehicles and, figuratively, of people.
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