manopla
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish manopla.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /maˈnɔ.plɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /maˈnɔ.pla/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /mɐˈnɔ.plɐ/
- Hyphenation: ma‧no‧pla
Noun
manopla f (plural manoplas)
- gauntlet (protective armor for the hands)
Further reading
- “manopla”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “manopla”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Spanish
Etymology
From an alteration of Latin manipulus (“maniple, handful”), diminutive of manus (“hand”). Doublet of manípulo. Compare Catalan manyopla.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /maˈnopla/ [maˈno.pla]
- Rhymes: -opla
- Syllabification: ma‧no‧pla
Noun
manopla f (plural manoplas)
- mitten
- Synonym: guante
- gauntlet (glove)
- (baseball, Nicaragua) baseball glove
- Synonyms: guante, guante de béisbol
- oven glove
- brass knuckles
- Synonyms: puño americano, puño de acero, nudillera
Related terms
Descendants
- → Portuguese: manopla, manápula
Further reading
- “manopla”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025