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41 saltarín
adj.jumpy, springy.m.tumbler.* * *► adjetivo1 (que salta) lively, bouncing2 (aturdido) scatterbrained► nombre masculino,nombre femenino1 (que salta) energetic person, bundle of energy2 (aturdido) scatterbrain* * *saltarín, -ina1. ADJ1) (=que salta) [cabra, cordero, niño] frolicking; [rana, pulga] jumping, leaping2) (=inquieto) restless2.SM / F dancer* * ** * ** * *el agua saltarina de la fuente the leaping waters of the fountainuna casa llena de niños saltarines a house full of children jumping o scampering o leaping all over the place ( colloq)* * *
saltarín,-ina
I adjetivo restless, full of movement
II sustantivo masculino y femenino
1 jumper
2 dancer
3 m (joven con poco juicio) feather-brained youth
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saltarina
* * *saltarín, -ina♦ adjfidgety♦ nm,ffidget* * *adj fidgety, nervous* * *frijol saltarín: jumping bean -
42 zangolotear
v.1 to move in a violent yet ridiculous manner (agitar).2 to slam, to move because the screws or nails which hold certain things are loose.3 to fidget (person).4 to move up and down forcibly, to shake, to jiggle, to move about forcibly.* * *1 (persona) to roam around2 (puerta) to rattle* * *1.VT to shake2.3.See:* * *1.verbo transitivo (fam) to shake2.zangolotearse v pron (fam)* * *1.verbo transitivo (fam) to shake2.zangolotearse v pron (fam)* * *zangolotear [A1 ]vt( fam); to shake■ zangolotearvito loaf o laze around ( colloq)( fam):el avión se zangoloteaba en la tormenta the plane was buffeted (about) in the stormdéjate de zangolotearte stop jumping up and down ( colloq)* * *♦ vtto shake♦ vito wander around doing nothing -
43 zascandil
adj.mean.m.fidget, restless person (informal).* * *1 (alocado) madcap, featherbrain2 (entrometido) busybody, meddler* * *masculino y femenino (Esp fam) good-for-nothing (colloq)* * *masculino y femenino (Esp fam) good-for-nothing (colloq)* * *good-for-nothing ( colloq)* * *
zascandil mf fam busybody, good-for-nothing
* * *zascandil nmFam [adulto] good-for-nothing; [niño] little rascal* * *m fambum fam, good-for-nothing -
44 ajetrearse
pron.v.to become bodily fatigued, to fidget.* * *1 to be busy, bustle about* * *VPR (=atarearse) to bustle about, be busy; (=fatigarse) to tire o.s. out* * *ajetrearse [A1 ]to rush around* * *ajetrearse vpr[afanarse] to bustle about* * *v/r famget het up fam* * *ajetrearse vr: to bustle about, to rush around -
45 ringlete
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46 ringletear
VI Cono Sur to fidget -
47 zangolotearse
VPR1) [ventana] to rattle, shake2) [persona] to fidget -
48 zarandillo
m.one who frisks nimbly about. (Colloquial)m. & diminut.a small sieve or riddle. (Diminutive)* * *SM (=persona enérgica) active person; (=persona inquieta) fidget* * *m:llevar a alguien como un zarandillo fam have s.o. running backward and forward -
49 atrafagar
v.1 to toil, to exhaust oneself with fatigue.2 to fidget.* * *1 to bustle about, be busy1 to bustle about, be busy -
50 polvorilla
1 familiar (persona inquieta) fidget* * *( fam)* * *polvorilla nmfFames un polvorilla [inquieto] he can't sit still for five minutes;[de genio vivo] he's a live wire -
51 removerse
1 to stir, shift* * *
■removerse verbo reflexivo to shift
* * *vpr[moverse] to fidget;se removía inquieto en la cama he was tossing and turning in his bed* * *v/r move around -
52 ser culo de mal asiento
figurado to be a fidget, not to be able to sit still -
53 tabardillo
m.1 a burning fever.2 typhoid fever, epidemic typhus.* * *1 familiar (insolación) sunstroke* * *1 (insolación) sunstrokecogió or le dio un tabardillo he got sunstroke2 (persona bulliciosa) fidget ( colloq)* * *tabardillo nmEsp Fam1. [insolación] sun-stroke;2. [persona alocada] tearaway -
54 juguetear con
• fiddle with• fidget with• lark• lark around• monkey around with• play about with• trifle• trifleness• twiddle with -
55 agitación nerviosa
f.nervousness, restlessness, fidget. -
56 cazcalear
v.1 to go from one place to another affecting diligence. (Colloquial)2 to fidget. -
57 estarse inquieto
v.to be restless, to fidget, to move nervously, to move restlessly. -
58 moverse inquietamente
v.to fidget, to be unrestful, to jig about, to jig. -
59 moverse nerviosamente
v.to fidget, to jig about, to jig, to move nervously.
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