tejemaneje

Spanish

Etymology

Verb-verb compound, composed of teje (“weave”) +‎ maneje (“manage, handle”), using the subjunctive form presumably so the two components rhyme.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /texemaˈnexe/ [t̪e.xe.maˈne.xe]
Rhymes: -exe
Syllabification: te‧je‧ma‧ne‧je

Noun

tejemaneje m (plural tejemanejes)

intrigue, scheme
corruption, graft
fiddle, shady deal (fraud)
knack

Further reading

“tejemaneje”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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