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English
Verb
have an affair (third-person singular simple present has an affair, present participle having an affair, simple past and past participle had an affair)
- To engage in a romantic or sexual relationship while being married. (This entry is a translation hub.)
Translations
engage in a relationship while married
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 有外遇 (yǒu wàiyù), 有染 (zh) (yǒurǎn) (literary), 胡搞 (zh) (húgǎo), 戀愛 / 恋爱 (zh) (liàn'ài), 相好 (zh) (xiānghǎo), 偷腥 (zh) (tōuxīng), 有一腿 (zh) (yǒuyītuǐ), 有一手 (yǒuyīshǒu), 偷老婆 (tōu lǎopó) (with somebody's wife)
- Finnish: olla suhde (subject in the adessive case), olla suhteessa, pettää (fi) (cheat on)
- German: eine Affäre haben
- Hungarian: viszonya van
- Japanese: 浮気する (ja) (うわきする, uwaki suru), 不倫をする (ja) (ふりんをする, furin o suru)
- Korean: 불륜하다 (bullyunhada), 정부를 두다 (jeongbureul duda), 관계를 갖다 (gwan'gyereul gatda), 바람을 피우다 (barameul piuda)
- Polish: romansować (pl) impf, flirtować (pl) impf
- Portuguese: ter um caso
- Russian: име́ть рома́н impf (imétʹ román), име́ть любо́вную связь impf (imétʹ ljubóvnuju svjazʹ), крути́ть аму́ры impf (krutítʹ amúry), изменя́ть (ru) impf (izmenjátʹ), измени́ть (ru) pf (izmenítʹ), (intransitive) гуля́ть (ru) impf (guljátʹ)
- Spanish: tener una aventura, tener un desliz, tener un amorío, ser infiel
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