affair

/əˈfɛr/

noun B1
N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral
Word fingerprint: Register: neutral. Era: current. Frequency: common. Domain: general. Connotation: neutral.

Forms

plural
affairs

Meaning

  1. asunto; aventura

    • It's a private affair.

      Es un asunto privado.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual
Meaning fingerprint: Category: thing. Concreteness: concrete. Animacy: inanimate. Countability: countable. Scope: individual.

Similar words

adventure

Both relate to Spanish "aventura," but they are unrelated: affair can mean a romantic affair, while adventure means an exciting experience — "aventura" describes both.

Similar in other languages

German

Materie

Close — an affair (matter) relates to Materie (subject matter).

German

Angelegenheit

Angelegenheit is the German word for the same thing — both mean "affair, matter."

German

Sache

Close — an affair relates to a thing, matter.

Práctica

1 ¿Qué significa affair?

2 Completa el espacio en blanco: It's a private ___.

3 ¿Qué gráfico de características corresponde a affair?

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