"have an affair" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: has an affair [present, singular, third-person], having an affair [participle, present], had an affair [participle, past], had an affair [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|have<has,,had> an affair}} have an affair (third-person singular simple present has an affair, present participle having an affair, simple past and past participle had an affair)
  1. To engage in a romantic or sexual relationship while being married. (This entry is a translation hub.) Categories (topical): Love Related terms: love affair, cheat on Translations (engage in a relationship while married): 有外遇 (yǒu wàiyù) (Chinese Mandarin), 有染 (yǒurǎn) [literary] (Chinese Mandarin), 胡搞 (húgǎo) (Chinese Mandarin), 戀愛 (Chinese Mandarin), 恋爱 (liàn'ài) (Chinese Mandarin), 相好 (xiānghǎo) (Chinese Mandarin), 偷腥 (tōuxīng) (Chinese Mandarin), 有一腿 (yǒuyītuǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), 有一手 (yǒuyīshǒu) (Chinese Mandarin), 偷老婆 (tōu lǎopó) (note: with somebody's wife) (Chinese Mandarin), olla suhteessa (Finnish), pettää (english: cheat on) (Finnish), eine Affäre haben (German), viszonya van (Hungarian), 浮気する (uwaki suru) (alt: うわきする) (Japanese), 不倫をする (furin o suru) (alt: ふりんをする) (Japanese), 불륜하다 (bullyunhada) (Korean), 정부를 두다 (jeongbureul duda) (Korean), 관계를 갖다 (gwan'gyereul gatda) (Korean), 바람을 피우다 (barameul piuda) (Korean), ter um caso (Portuguese), име́ть рома́н (imétʹ román) [imperfective] (Russian), име́ть любо́вную связь (imétʹ ljubóvnuju svjazʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), крути́ть аму́ры (krutítʹ amúry) [imperfective] (Russian), изменя́ть (izmenjátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), измени́ть (izmenítʹ) [perfective] (Russian), гуля́ть (guljátʹ) [imperfective, intransitive] (Russian), tener una aventura (Spanish), tener un desliz (Spanish), tener un amorío (Spanish), ser infiel (Spanish)

Inflected forms

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