How to Say "Manuel" in Portuguese

Manuel

/mɐ.nuˈɛw/

Manuel is the Portuguese form of the male given name Manuel.

Manuel is used as a standard male given name.

Which one should you use?

While Manuel is the standard name, Manel is used as an informal way to refer to someone named Manuel and Maneco serves as an informal nickname.

/mɐ.nuˈɛw/. The name has three syllables, with the stress on the third syllable.

In Portugal, the nickname Manel is so common that it is sometimes used generically to refer to a typical or simple man.
Because of its strong historical ties to the Portuguese monarchy, Manuel evokes the era of the Manueline style of architecture.
The name Manuel is actually a shortened version of the name Emanuel, created through a linguistic process called apheretic shortening where the first syllable is dropped.

"Ninguém abdicou da sua ideologia", disse Rodrigo Londono (mais conhecido pela sua alcunha de Timochenko), o líder máximo das Forças Armadas Revolucionárias da Colômbia (FARC), num discurso após a assinatura do pacto de paz com Juan Manuel Santos, presidente da Colômbia.
“Nobody has given up their ideology,” said the maximum leader of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) Rodrigo Londono (better known by his alias of Timochenko), in a speech after signing the peace pact with Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos.
This sentence is useful for seeing the name Manuel used in a formal political context.
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Manuel, você pode me ajudar com isso?
Manuel, can you help me with this?
O Manuel é meu melhor amigo.
Manuel is my best friend.
Eu conheci o Manuel na escola.
I met Manuel at school.

Camila and Lucas are talking about a mutual friend.

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