manipular

v.

1 to handle.

2 to manipulate.

Ricardo manipula los alimentos Richard manipulates=handles the food.

El mafioso manipulaba al alcalde The mobster manipulated the mayor.

3 to use.

El chico manipula a su novia The boy uses his girlfriend.

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manipular

► verbo transitivo

1 (persona) to manipulate

2 (mercancías, alimentos) to handle

3 (aparato, máquina) to use, operate

4 figurado to interfere with

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verb

1) to manipulate

2) handle

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1. VT

1) (=manejar) [+ alimentos, géneros] to handle; [+ aparato] to operate, use

2) (=mangonear) to manipulate

2.

VI

manipular con o en algo — to manipulate sth

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1.

verbo transitivo

1)

a) <mercancías> to handle

b) <aparato/máquina> to operate, use

2) <persona/información/datos> to manipulate; <cifras> to massage, manipulate

manipular los resultados — to fix o rig the results

2.

manipular vi

manipulaba en or con las cuentas de sus clientes — he made illicit use of his clients' accounts

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= manipulate, tamper (with), fiddle, fuss with, tweak, twiddle, muck around/about, finesse, massage, fiddle with, play + Nombre + along, play + fast and loose with.

Ex. Different stores offer access to distinct types of information or data and permit the information to be manipulated to varying extents.

Ex. Their effective operation is not immediately obvious to the uninitiated and the cards in the index are liable to become disorganized if inexperienced information seekers tamper with the index.

Ex. Thus, the wrong impression was gained, for instance, when the olive oil subsidies were being 'fiddled' in Italy.

Ex. Editors are a bridge between the abstract writer and the printer: on the one hand they fuss with the content and intellectual quality of the abstract, and on the other hand they prepare copy that conforms to the constraints of the publishing world.

Ex. This book offers strategies for high school teachers that provide tools for creating, repairing, and tweaking all the discernible components of teaching.

Ex. Meek took her glasses off and twiddled them as her supervisor related the following incident.

Ex. I have looked at the book and mucked around with the database and using switches but can't see a solution.

Ex. The story of the postwar diner suggests some ways that purveyors of consumer commodities finessed and exploited emergent social dislocations in the drive to expand and diversify markets.

Ex. The author suggests ways of massaging the data contained in legacy systems lacking a good export function.

Ex. The writer bemoans record studios' tendency to chop up and fiddle with opera performances.

Ex. Dennis played her along until she decided to back out at which time he threatened to imprison her unless she paid up $2 million.

Ex. Journalists are still playing fast and loose with the truth.

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* manipular el mercado = rig + the market.

* manipular indebidamente = meddle (in/with).

* manipular la opinión = manipulate + opinion.

* manipular las urnas = stuff + the ballot box.

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1.

verbo transitivo

1)

a) <mercancías> to handle

b) <aparato/máquina> to operate, use

2) <persona/información/datos> to manipulate; <cifras> to massage, manipulate

manipular los resultados — to fix o rig the results

2.

manipular vi

manipulaba en or con las cuentas de sus clientes — he made illicit use of his clients' accounts

* * *

= manipulate, tamper (with), fiddle, fuss with, tweak, twiddle, muck around/about, finesse, massage, fiddle with, play + Nombre + along, play + fast and loose with.

Ex: Different stores offer access to distinct types of information or data and permit the information to be manipulated to varying extents.

Ex: Their effective operation is not immediately obvious to the uninitiated and the cards in the index are liable to become disorganized if inexperienced information seekers tamper with the index.

Ex: Thus, the wrong impression was gained, for instance, when the olive oil subsidies were being 'fiddled' in Italy.

Ex: Editors are a bridge between the abstract writer and the printer: on the one hand they fuss with the content and intellectual quality of the abstract, and on the other hand they prepare copy that conforms to the constraints of the publishing world.

Ex: This book offers strategies for high school teachers that provide tools for creating, repairing, and tweaking all the discernible components of teaching.

Ex: Meek took her glasses off and twiddled them as her supervisor related the following incident.

Ex: I have looked at the book and mucked around with the database and using switches but can't see a solution.

Ex: The story of the postwar diner suggests some ways that purveyors of consumer commodities finessed and exploited emergent social dislocations in the drive to expand and diversify markets.

Ex: The author suggests ways of massaging the data contained in legacy systems lacking a good export function.

Ex: The writer bemoans record studios' tendency to chop up and fiddle with opera performances.

Ex: Dennis played her along until she decided to back out at which time he threatened to imprison her unless she paid up $2 million.

Ex: Journalists are still playing fast and loose with the truth.

* manipular el mercado = rig + the market.

* manipular indebidamente = meddle (in/with).

* manipular la opinión = manipulate + opinion.

* manipular las urnas = stuff + the ballot box.

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manipular [A1 ]

vt

A

1 ‹mercancías› to handle

el permiso para manipular alimentos the license to handle food

2 ‹aparato/máquina› to operate, use

B

1 ‹persona› to manipulate

2 ‹información/datos› to manipulate

manipular los resultados to fix o rig the results

■ manipular

vi

manipulaba en or con las cuentas de sus clientes he made illicit use of his clients' accounts

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manipular (conjugate manipular) verbo transitivo
1

a) ‹mercancías› to handle

b) ‹aparato/máquina› to operate, use

2 ‹persona/información/datos› to manipulate;

◊ manipular los resultados to fix o rig the results

manipular verbo transitivo
1 (con manos, instrumento) to handle: manipula sustancias químicas, he handles chemicals
2 (dirigir, utilizar) to manipulate: te está manipulando, she's using you
'manipular' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
jugar
- manejar
- tocar
English:
engineer
- handle
- manipulate
- manoeuvre
- rig
- tamper
- play

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manipular vt

1. [manejar] to handle;

manipuló el explosivo con mucho cuidado he handled the explosives very carefully;

alguien había manipulado la cerradura someone had tampered with the lock;

manipular genéticamente to genetically modify

2. [trastocar, dominar] to manipulate;

le acusaron de manipular las papeletas they accused him of tampering with the ballot papers;

están manipulando a las masas they are manipulating the masses

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manipular

v/t

1 información, persona manipulate

2 (manejar) handle

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manipular vt

1) : to manipulate

2) manejar: to handle

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manipular vb

1. (influir, dominar) to manipulate

intentó manipular a la opinión pública he tried to manipulate public opinion

2. (manejar) to handle

hay que poner guantes para manipular las sustancias químicas you have to wear gloves to handle the chemicals