enchufe
Language: Spanish · [enˈtʃufe] · Pronunciation: en-CHOO-feh
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Meaning
connections that get you a job — string-pulling
The story
Enchufe is a plug, the kind in the wall, and in Spain also the socket a nephew gets plugged into: a job got through who you know. Whoever got it that way is enchufado. English has string-pulling, or the old boys' network.
The four rounds
- Which language is it from?
- Spanish
- What does it literally say?
- A plug in the wall
- Where would you hear it?
- A job going to the manager's nephew
- What does it mean?
- A job got through who you know
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