en un tris

Spanish

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Adverb

en un tris

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

Further reading

• “en un tris”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014