affair

af·fair  (-fâr)

n.

1. Something done or to be done; business.

2. affairs Transactions and other matters of professional or public business: affairs of state.

3.

a. An occurrence, event, or matter: The senator's death was a tragic affair.

b. A social function.

4. An object or a contrivance: Their first car was a ramshackle affair.

5. A matter of personal concern.

6. affairs Personal business: get one's affairs in order.

7. A matter causing public scandal and controversy: the Dreyfus affair.

8. A romantic and sexual relationship, sometimes one of brief duration, between two people who are not married to each other.

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[Middle English affaire, from Old French afaire, from a faire, to do : a, to (from Latin ad; see ad-) + faire, to do (from facere; see dh- in Indo-European roots).]

Synonyms: affair, business, concern, lookout
These nouns denote something that involves one personally: I won't comment on that; it's not my affair. That's none of your business. Mind your own concerns. It's your lookout to file your application on time.

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affair [əˈfɛə]

n

1. a thing to be done or attended to; matter; business this affair must be cleared up

2. an event or happening a strange affair

3. (qualified by an adjective or descriptive phrase) something previously specified, esp a man-made object; thing our house is a tumbledown affair

4. a sexual relationship between two people who are not married to each other See also affairs

[from Old French, from à faire to do]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	affair - a vaguely specified concern; "several matters to attend to"; "it is none of your affair"; "things are going well" matter, thing concern - something that interests you because it is important or affects you; "the safety of the ship is the captain's concern" least - something that is of no importance; "it is the least I can do"; "that is the least of my concerns"
	2.	affair - a usually secretive or illicit sexual relationship affaire, amour, liaison, intimacy, involvement sexual relationship - a relationship involving sexual intimacy
	3.	affair - a vaguely specified social event; "the party was quite an affair"; "an occasion arranged to honor the president"; "a seemingly endless round of social functions" social function, social occasion, occasion, function social event - an event characteristic of persons forming groups party - an occasion on which people can assemble for social interaction and entertainment; "he planned a party to celebrate Bastille Day" celebration, jubilation - a joyful occasion for special festivities to mark some happy event ceremonial, ceremonial occasion, ceremony, observance - a formal event performed on a special occasion; "a ceremony commemorating Pearl Harbor" fundraiser - a social function that is held for the purpose of raising money photo op, photo opportunity - an occasion that lends itself to (or is deliberately arranged for) taking photographs that provide favorable publicity for those who are photographed sleepover - an occasion of spending a night away from home or having a guest spend the night in your home (especially as a party for children)

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affair

noun

1. matter, thing, business, question, issue, happening, concern, event, subject, project, activity, incident, proceeding, circumstance, episode, topic, undertaking, transaction, occurrence The government has mishandled the whole affair.

2. occasion, happening, experience, event, celebration, occurrence Breakfast will be a cheerless affair for the minister this morning.

3. relationship, romance, intrigue, fling, liaison, flirtation, amour, dalliance A married male supervisor was carrying on an affair with a colleague.

4. concern, problem, business, matter, worry, responsibility, look-out, headache (informal) If you want to make a fool of yourself, that is your affair.

plural noun

concerns, records, papers, activities, proceedings, transactions, annals, doings The unexpectedness of his death meant that his affairs were not in order.

Translations

affair [əˈfɛəʳ] N

1. (= business) → asunto m
the government has mishandled the affair → el gobierno ha llevado mal el asunto

2. affairs (= matters) → asuntos mpl
you will have to put your affairs in order → tendrás que aclarar tus asuntos
she runs my business affairs → ella se encarga de lo relacionado con mis negocios
affairs of the heart → asuntos mpl del corazón
a man of affairs → un hombre de negocios
affairs of state → asuntos mpl de estado

3. (= event) → ocasión f
it will be a big affair → será una ocasión importante → será todo un acontecimiento
the minister's visit will be a purely private affair → la visita del ministro tendrá un carácter puramente privado
dinner was a gloomy affair → la cena no fue una ocasión muy alegre

4. (= case) → caso m, asunto m
the Watergate affair → el caso Watergate, el asunto(de)Watergate

5. (= concern) → asunto m
that's my affair → eso es asunto mío or cosa mía, eso sólo me concierne a mí
if he wants to make a fool of himself, that's his affair → si quiere hacer el ridículo, es asunto suyo or allá él

6. (= love affair) → aventura f (amorosa), affaire m, lío m (amoroso)
he had an affair with a French girl → tuvo una aventura or un affaire con una chica francesa, tuvo un lío or estuvo liado con una chica francesa
they're having an affair → están liados

7. (= thing) the bed was an iron affair with brass knobs → la cama era un trasto de hierro con adornos de bronce
the house was a ramshackle, wooden affair → la casa era un destartalado cobertizo de madera

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affair [əˈfɛə^r]

n

(= incident) → affaire f
It was a dreadful affair → Ce fut une affaire terrible.

(= concern) → affaire f
that's your affair → c'est ton affaire

(also love affair) (long-term) → liaison f; (casual) → aventure f
to have an affair with somebody (long-term) → avoir une liaison avec quelqu'un; (casual) → avoir une aventure avec quelqu'un
a passionate affair → une aventure passionnée, une liaison passionnée

affairs n (= business) → affaires fpl

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affair

n

(= event, concern, matter, business) → Sache f, → Angelegenheit f; the investigation was an odd affair altogether → die Untersuchung war schon eine seltsame Sache or Angelegenheit; a scandalous affair → ein Skandal m; the Watergate/Profumo affair → die Watergate-/Profumo-Affäre; the state of affairs with the economy → die Lage der Wirtschaft; in the present state of affairs → bei or in der gegenwärtigen Lage or Situation, beim gegenwärtigen Stand der Dinge; a state of affairs I don’t approve of → ein Zustand, den ich nicht billige; this is a sorry state of affairs! → das sind ja schöne Zustände!; your private affairs don’t concern me → deine Privatangelegenheiten sind mir egal; financial affairs have never interested me → Finanzfragen haben mich nie interessiert; I never interfere with his business affairs → ich mische mich nie in seine geschäftlichen Angelegenheiten ein; man of affairs (liter, form) → Geschäftsmann m; affairs of state → Staatsangelegenheiten pl; affairs of the heart → Herzensangelegenheiten pl; it’s not your affair what I do in the evenings → was ich abends tue, geht dich nichts an; that’s my/his affair! → das ist meine/seine Sache! ? also current ADJ, foreign affairs

(= love affair) → Verhältnis nt, → Affäre f (dated); to have an affair with somebody → ein Verhältnis mit jdm haben

(= duel) affair of honour → Ehrenhandel m

(inf: = object, thing) → Ding nt; what’s this funny aerial affair? → was soll dieses komische Antennendings? (inf); the committee was an odd affair → das Komitee war eine seltsame Sache

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affair [əˈfɛəʳ] n

a. (event) → faccenda, affare m; (love affair) → relazione f (amorosa); (brief) → avventura
it will be a big affair → sarà un avvenimento
the Watergate affair → il caso Watergate
that's my affair → sono affari or fatti miei
it's a bad state of affairs → è una brutta situazione

b. affairs npl (business) → affari
foreign affairs → affari esteri
affairs of state → affari di stato

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affair

n affair [əˈfeə]

1 happenings etc which are connected with a particular person or thing the Suez affair. kwessie مَسْأله، قَضِيَّه въпрос aféra sag; begivenhed; affære die Affäre υπόθεση caso afäär کار و بار tapaus affaire עִנְייָן, פָּרָשָה, אֵירוּע मामला posao ügy peristiwa mál, málefni caso 事件 사건 atsitikimas, istorija lieta; darīšana hubungan zaak sak, begivenhet, affære sprawa, kwestia caso afacere дело aféra zadeva afera affär เหตุการณ์ sorun 事件 справа, діло کام ، چھوٹی لڑائی sự việc 私事

2 a thing The new machine is a weird-looking affair. affêre أمْر، شَأن، شَيء нещо věc sag die Angelegenheit πράγμα cosa asi شئ عجیب و غریب kokonaisuus chose חֶפֶץ stvar dolog barang hlutur cosa もの 문제 daiktas lieta benda ding sak, greie sprawa, rzecz coisa chestie вещь, штука vec stvar stvar sak สิ่งของ şey 事物 річ, штука چیز ، شے vật 事件

3 (often in plural) business; concern(s) financial affairs; Where I go is entirely my own affair. besigheid أُمُور، قَضَايَا работа záležitost sag; anliggende die Angelegenheit υποθέσεις, ζητήματα (πληθ.) asunto äriasjad, asi قضیه؛ امر asia affaire(s) עֶסֶק कारोबार, व्यापार stvar ügy, dolog urusan mál affare 業務 상황 reikalas darījums; darīšana urusan zaak sak, anliggende sprawa, kwestia assunto afacere; treabă дела; занятия záležitosť zadeva posao angelägenhet การงาน işler, olaylar 事務 справи; заняття فکر ، دھندا vấn đề 事务

4 a love relationship His wife found out about his affair with another woman. verhouding عَلاقَة غَرَامِيَّه любовна история pletka, milostný poměr affære das Verhältnis ερωτική σχέση amorío, relación armusuhe رابطۀ عاشقانه rakkaussuhde liaison פָּרְשִׁייָת אֲהָבִים, רוֹמָן प्रेम सम्बन्ध ljubavna afera viszony hubungan ástarsamband relazione 情事 추문, 스캔들 meilės ryšiai, romanas dēka hubungan affaire kjærlighetsforhold romans caso legătură amo­roasă любовная связь, роман milostný pomer razmerje ljubavna avantura kärleksaffär, förhållande ความสัมพันธ์เชิงชู้สาว aşk ilişkisi, macera 私通，噯昧關係 любовний зв'язок محبت کا تعلق chuyện tình 私通事件

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affair → شأن záležitost affære Angelegenheit υπόθεση asunto tapahtuma aventure stvar questione 事柄 일 zaak affære sprawa assunto дело affär สถานะการณ์ที่ได้รับการจัดการ olay vấn đề 事务