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affare

deal

noun ahf-FAH-reh Less Common
People & Society Money

Origin: from a fare, 'to do'

Also means

matter

Usage Note

Affare means a business deal or bargain (un buon affare, 'a good deal'), but in the plural gli affari it means 'business' generally and gli Affari Esteri means 'Foreign Affairs'. Colloquially un affare can dismissively mean 'a thingy' or contraption.

Examples

"Abbiamo concluso un buon affare."

Natural Translation

We struck a good deal.

Literal Translation

We-have concluded a good deal.

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