en un tris

Spanish

Alternative forms

  • en un tris tras

Etymology

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /en un ˈtɾis/ [ẽn ũn̪ ˈt̪ɾis]
  • Syllabification: en un tris

Adverb

en un tris

  1. (idiomatic) inches away (from something, especially a danger); just about (to do something)
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Further reading

  • “en un tris”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
  • Manuel Seco; Olimpia Andrés; Gabino Ramos (3 August 2023), “tris”, in Diccionario del español actual [Dictionary of Current Spanish] (in Spanish), third digital edition, Fundación BBVA [BBVA Foundation]
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