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tongue-in-cheek

/ˌtʌŋ.ɪnˈtʃiːk/

Translation

adj, adv
irónico,ca
irónicamente
to say something tongue-in-cheek
decir algo irónicamente
(Definition of tongue-in-cheek adj, adv from the Diccionario Cambridge Compact English-Spanish © Cambridge University Press and Ediciones SM 2011)

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