No. 373 in Spanish
manuel
"Manuel" is a Spanish given name, equivalent to "Emmanuel" or "Manuel" in English.
In a sentence
Manuel es un estudiante aplicado.
Manuel is a diligent student.
In this sentence, 'Manuel' is used as a proper noun, referring to a person's first name.
Voy a consultar el manual de instrucciones antes de armar este mueble.
I am going to consult the instruction manual before assembling this furniture.
Here, 'manual' is employed as a common noun meaning 'instruction book' in Spanish.
Este es un trabajo manual, requiere habilidad y paciencia.
This is manual work, requiring skill and patience.
In this context, 'manual' is an adjective describing a type of work performed by hand.
Hear it in real podcasts
The recording above is a synthetic voice. Hear how people say “manuel” in actual Spanish podcasts.
Find “manuel” in podcastsLearn it from shows you like
LangTurbo plays Spanish podcasts with a transcript and the English under every line. Tap a word like this one and it tells you what it means right there. For iPhone, iPad and Android.
Learning English?
LangTurbo plays real English podcasts with every line translated into español, and tells you what any word means in that sentence. For iPhone, iPad and Android.
Spanish books and courses on Amazon (an affiliate link: a purchase through it supports this site).