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1 lad
læd(a boy or a youth: I knew him when he was a lad.) muchacho, chico, chavallad n joven / chaval / muchacho / mozotr[læd]2 SMALLBRITISH ENGLISH/SMALL familiar diablillo, pillo■ John's a bit of a lad, don't you think? John es un poco pillo, ¿no te parece?3 (stable boy) mozo de cuadralad ['læd] n: muchacho m, niño mn.• chacho s.m.• chaval s.m.• chico s.m.• mozo s.m.• mozuelo s.m.• muchacho s.m.• zagal s.m.• zagalejo s.m.læda) ( boy) muchacho m, chaval m (Esp fam), pibe m (RPl fam), chavo m (Méx, Ven fam), chavalo m (AmC, Méx fam), cabro m (Chi fam)when I was a lad — cuando yo era pequeño or (esp AmL) chico
b) ( fellow) (BrE colloq) chico m, muchacho m, cuate m (Méx fam), gallo m (Chi fam)[læd]he's one of the lads — es uno del grupo (fam) or de la pandilla
1.N (=young man, boy) muchacho m, chico m, chaval m (Sp) *, pibe m (S. Cone) *, cabro m (Chile) *, chavo m (Mex) *; (in stable etc) mozo mcome on, lads! — ¡vamos, muchachos!
when I was a lad — cuando yo era un muchacho, cuando yo era joven
he's only a lad — no es más que un muchacho, es aún muy joven
you need some exercise, my lad — tú, chico or muchacho, necesitas hacer algo de ejercicio
he's gone for a drink with the lads — (Brit) * ha salido a tomar algo con los muchachos or (Sp) con sus amiguetes
he's a bit of a lad — (Brit) (fig) es un gamberrete, está hecho una buena pieza *
2.CPD* * *[læd]a) ( boy) muchacho m, chaval m (Esp fam), pibe m (RPl fam), chavo m (Méx, Ven fam), chavalo m (AmC, Méx fam), cabro m (Chi fam)when I was a lad — cuando yo era pequeño or (esp AmL) chico
b) ( fellow) (BrE colloq) chico m, muchacho m, cuate m (Méx fam), gallo m (Chi fam)he's one of the lads — es uno del grupo (fam) or de la pandilla
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2 mess about
mess about vb1. hacer tonterías / hacer el indiostop messing about! ¡deja de hacer tonterías!2. pasar el rato / entretenerse*1.VT + ADV(Brit)all they do is mess me about, they won't give me a straight answer — no hacen más que jugar conmigo, no me dan una respuesta concreta
they were messing me about so much over the dates that I told them to forget it — me querían cambiar las fechas tantas veces que les dije que se olvidaran del asunto
2.VI + ADV (=play the fool) hacer tonterías; (=do nothing in particular) pasar el rato, gandulear; (=waste time) perder el tiempo"what are you doing?" - "just messing about" — -¿qué haces? -nada, pasando el rato
she's not one to mess about, she gets on with the job — no es de las que pierde el tiempo, saca el trabajo adelante
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stop messing about! — ¡déjate de tonterías!•
to mess about with sb, he isn't the kind of guy you mess about with — no es de los que se deja enredar or tomar el pelohe messed about with some lads from college for a while — salió con unos tíos de la universidad durante un tiempo
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to mess about with sth, he was messing about with his watchstrap — estaba jugueteando con la correa del relojwho's been messing about with the video? — ¿quién ha estado manoseando or toqueteando el vídeo?
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3 mess around
BrE also mess about (colloq)1) v + adva) ( misbehave) \<\<children\>\> hacer* travesuras, tontearshe found out he'd been messing around — descubrió que había tenido líos or enredos con otras
b) (fiddle, waste time)he enjoys messing around in boats — le gusta entretenerse or pasar el tiempo navegando
she didn't mess around: she told him straight out — no se anduvo con vueltas; se lo dijo sin más (fam)
c) ( interfere)to mess around (with something/somebody): stop messing around with my things! deja mis cosas tranquilas!; don't mess around with me — no juegues conmigo, no me tomes el pelo (fam)
2) v + o + adv (BrE)a) ( treat inconsiderately)don't mess me around: are you going to come or not? — no me fastidies or decídete de una vez ¿vienes o no? (fam)
b) ( muddle) armar un lío con (fam)*1.VT + ADV(Brit)all they do is mess me about, they won't give me a straight answer — no hacen más que jugar conmigo, no me dan una respuesta concreta
they were messing me about so much over the dates that I told them to forget it — me querían cambiar las fechas tantas veces que les dije que se olvidaran del asunto
2.VI + ADV (=play the fool) hacer tonterías; (=do nothing in particular) pasar el rato, gandulear; (=waste time) perder el tiempo"what are you doing?" - "just messing about" — -¿qué haces? -nada, pasando el rato
she's not one to mess about, she gets on with the job — no es de las que pierde el tiempo, saca el trabajo adelante
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stop messing about! — ¡déjate de tonterías!•
to mess about with sb, he isn't the kind of guy you mess about with — no es de los que se deja enredar or tomar el pelohe messed about with some lads from college for a while — salió con unos tíos de la universidad durante un tiempo
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to mess about with sth, he was messing about with his watchstrap — estaba jugueteando con la correa del relojwho's been messing about with the video? — ¿quién ha estado manoseando or toqueteando el vídeo?
* * *BrE also mess about (colloq)1) v + adva) ( misbehave) \<\<children\>\> hacer* travesuras, tontearshe found out he'd been messing around — descubrió que había tenido líos or enredos con otras
b) (fiddle, waste time)he enjoys messing around in boats — le gusta entretenerse or pasar el tiempo navegando
she didn't mess around: she told him straight out — no se anduvo con vueltas; se lo dijo sin más (fam)
c) ( interfere)to mess around (with something/somebody): stop messing around with my things! deja mis cosas tranquilas!; don't mess around with me — no juegues conmigo, no me tomes el pelo (fam)
2) v + o + adv (BrE)a) ( treat inconsiderately)don't mess me around: are you going to come or not? — no me fastidies or decídete de una vez ¿vienes o no? (fam)
b) ( muddle) armar un lío con (fam)
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