tejemaneje
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[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