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Meanings of affaire in English

Portuguese
intimidade
Catalan
aventura
Spanish
aventura

A usually secretive or illicit sexual relationship.

        intimidade
        Usage of affaire in English
        1
        Now he reminded himself, yet again, that an affaire was not marriage.
        The irish devil
        2
        Some affaire d'amour propre; il est très susceptible notre cher Mitia.
        The Awakening / (The Resurrection)
        3
        Oscillation upon the pavement always means an affaire de coeur.
        Sherlock holmes: the complete illustrated novels
        4
        He is en affaire regime with the young Lady Essex.
        The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 2
        5
        It is said that Satan had an affaire d'amour while he was playing Seraph.
        The Complete Works of Brann, the Iconoclast — Volume 12
        6
        Have you heard of our Polish affaire de coeur, Carl?
        A Love Story
        7
        His first real affaire de coeur, and he is forty-five!
        The Adventures of Harry Richmond — Volume 6
        8
        Fancy a Russian lady having an affaire with a secretary!
        Youth
        9
        An affaire-an'episode'-Londonladies now call such things.
        The Judgment House
        10
        Hast thou a moment's time for the Leipzig "affaire"?
        Letters of Franz Liszt -- Volume 2 / from Rome to the End
        11
        Even though our affaire is mostly for publicity purposes, we have in fact had sex now and then.
        Rogues
        12
        Adultery is no phenomenon; it is common enough-uneaffaire de canapé...
        The Modern Regime, Volume 1
        13
        She'll have nothing to do with mine, but perhaps you'll be able to offer her better son affaire.
        Madame De Mauves
        14
        A little affaire de coeur, maybe-ah
        John Halifax, Gentleman
        15
        V'la un affaire bien fini!
        A Fascinating Traitor: An Anglo-Indian Story
        16
        The other kind of women were easy enough to get, and it would be a piquant thing to have one irreproachable affaire.
        The World for Sale, Volume 2.
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        Portuguese
        intimidade
        Affaire through the time