מחותניםmekhutanim meaning in Hebrew
your child's in-laws (the parents of your child's spouse) · noun, plural (singular masculine מחותן mekhutan, feminine מחותנת mekhutenet)
Also spelled in English: machatunim, mechutanim, machetunim
Two sets of parents at a wedding, smiling at each other across the hall and quietly sizing each other up. Hebrew has one word for what they now are to each other.
בשישי המחותנים באים לארוחת ערב, אז אמא שלי מנקה את הבית כבר מיום רביעי.
“The mekhutanim are coming for dinner on Friday, so my mother has been cleaning the house since Wednesday.”
Who are the mekhutanim in your family, and how do the two sides get along?
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