queveres

Spanish

Etymology

Univerbation of tener algo que ver con (“to have something to do with”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /keˈbeɾes/ [keˈβ̞e.ɾes]
  • Rhymes: -eɾes
  • Syllabification: que‧ve‧res

Noun

queveres m pl (plural only)

  1. (colloquial, Mexico) love affairs, situationships; informal romantic or sexual relationships.
    • 1993 June, Óscar Urrutia, Ese cuerpo que era yo, Mexico: Editorial Joaquín Ortiz, →ISBN, page 15:
      Tuvo dos o tres maridos y algunos "queveres" que le fueron siempre reprochados y que ella tomaba como adecuados a una naturaleza tan extremadamente abundante como la suya.
      She had two or three husbands and some "affairs" that were always frowned upon and which she considered adequate to an extremely abundant nature like hers.
    • 2022, Karla Doll, Cuando tú me quieras‎[1], Selecta:
      —Lo sé, cariño, pero a mi todavía me cuesta aceptar que nos abandonó por... por tener sus queveres con... ya sabes...
      —I know, dear, but it's hard for me to accept she abandoned us to... to have her affairs with... you know...
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