tejemaneje

Verb-verb compound, composed of teje (“weave”) +‎ maneje (“manage, handle”), using the subjunctive form presumably so the two components rhyme.

• IPA^(key): /texemaˈnexe/ [t̪e.xe.maˈne.xe]
• Rhymes: -exe
• Syllabification: te‧je‧ma‧ne‧je

tejemaneje m (plural tejemanejes)

1. intrigue, scheme
2. corruption, graft
3. fiddle, shady deal (fraud)
4. knack

• “tejemaneje”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28