amintrigo

Esperanto

Etymology

From amo +‎ intrigo.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /aminˈtriɡo/
  • Hyphenation: am‧in‧tri‧go
  • Rhymes: -iɡo

Noun

amintrigo (accusative singular amintrigon, plural amintrigoj, accusative plural amintrigojn)

  1. love intrigue, love affair
    • William Auld (translator), La Ĉashundo de la Baskerviloj (The Hound of the Baskervilles) by Arthur Conan Doyle, Chapter 9,
      Mi ekpensis, ke eble disvolviĝas iu amintrigo. Tio klarigus liajn singardajn moviĝojn kaj ankaŭ la maltrankvilon de lia edzino.
      It had struck me that it was possible that some love intrigue was on foot. That would have accounted for his stealthy movements and also for the uneasiness of his wife.
    • Grigorij Arosev (translator), “Marmora kapo” by Valery Bryusov,
      Ĉiuj miaj konatoj kondutis same: ili aranĝis amintrigon kun edzinigita virino, kaj post kelka tempo forlasis ŝin.
      Everyone I knew behaved in the same way: they would get involved in affairs with married women, and after a short time, abandon them.
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