tejemaneje
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Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Verb-verb compound, composed of teje (“weave”) + maneje (“manage, handle”), using the subjunctive form presumably so the two components rhyme.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
tejemaneje m (plural tejemanejes)
- intrigue, scheme
- corruption, graft
- fiddle, shady deal (fraud)
- knack
Further reading[edit]
- “tejemaneje”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014