hanky-panky
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hanky-panky
A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
1. (colloquial) (shady business)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
a. los tejemanejes (M)
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
I don't want to get involved in all that hanky-panky.No quiero verme envuelto en todos esos tejemanejes.
2. (colloquial) (sexual activity)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
a. no direct translation
This refers to an idiomatic word or phrase for which there is no word-for-word translation.
All those hypocrites were engaged in extramarital hanky-panky.Todos esos hipócritas tenían aventuras extramatrimoniales.
There was some hanky-panky going on at the back seat.Los del asiento de atrás se estaban metiendo mano.
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