mánager

See also: manager and Manager

Spanish

Alternative forms

• manager, mánayer

Etymology

Borrowed from English manager.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmanaxeɾ/ [ˈma.na.xeɾ] (RAE recommendation)
  • Rhymes: -anaxeɾ
  • Syllabification: má‧na‧ger

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈmanaʝeɾ/ [ˈma.na.ʝeɾ] (corresponds to the variant mánayer and the unadapted borrowing variant manager (often written in italics))

• IPA^(key): /ˈmanaʝeɾ/ [ˈma.na.ʝeɾ] (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay, corresponds to the variant mánayer and the unadapted borrowing variant manager (often written in italics))
• IPA^(key): /ˈmanaʃeɾ/ [ˈma.na.ʃeɾ] (Buenos Aires and environs, corresponds to the variant mánayer and the unadapted borrowing variant manager (often written in italics))
• IPA^(key): /ˈmanaʒeɾ/ [ˈma.na.ʒeɾ] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay, corresponds to the variant mánayer and the unadapted borrowing variant manager (often written in italics))

• • Rhymes: -anaʝeɾ

Noun

mánager m (plural mánager or mánagers)

1. (sports) manager

Usage notes

• The plural form mánageres is nonstandard.

Further reading

• “mánager”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024
• Diccionario panhispánico de dudas
• Fundéu