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affair

UK: /əˈfeər/ US: /-ˈfer/

Translation

n [c]
asunto
That is my affair
Eso es asunto mío
ocasión
acontecimiento
What an amazing affair!
¡Menudo acontecimiento!
aventura amorosa
lío col.
to have an affair with somebody
tener un lío con alguien
Véase tb: current affairs; foreign affairs; state of affairs
(Definition of affair n from the Diccionario Cambridge Compact English-Spanish © Cambridge University Press and Ediciones SM 2011)

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