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1 manipular
v.1 to handle.2 to manipulate.Ricardo manipula los alimentos Richard manipulates=handles the food.El mafioso manipulaba al alcalde The mobster manipulated the mayor.3 to use.El chico manipula a su novia The boy uses his girlfriend.* * *1 (persona) to manipulate2 (mercancías, alimentos) to handle3 (aparato, máquina) to use, operate4 figurado to interfere with* * *verb2) handle* * *1. VT1) (=manejar) [+ alimentos, géneros] to handle; [+ aparato] to operate, use2) (=mangonear) to manipulate2.VImanipular con o en algo — to manipulate sth
* * *1.verbo transitivo1)a) < mercancías> to handleb) <aparato/máquina> to operate, use2) <persona/información/datos> to manipulate; < cifras> to massage, manipulate2.manipular los resultados — to fix o rig the results
manipular vimanipulaba en or con las cuentas de sus clientes — he made illicit use of his clients' accounts
* * *= manipulate, tamper (with), fiddle, fuss with, tweak, twiddle, muck around/about, finesse, massage, fiddle with, play + Nombre + along, play + fast and loose with.Ex. Different stores offer access to distinct types of information or data and permit the information to be manipulated to varying extents.Ex. Their effective operation is not immediately obvious to the uninitiated and the cards in the index are liable to become disorganized if inexperienced information seekers tamper with the index.Ex. Thus, the wrong impression was gained, for instance, when the olive oil subsidies were being ' fiddled' in Italy.Ex. Editors are a bridge between the abstract writer and the printer: on the one hand they fuss with the content and intellectual quality of the abstract, and on the other hand they prepare copy that conforms to the constraints of the publishing world.Ex. This book offers strategies for high school teachers that provide tools for creating, repairing, and tweaking all the discernible components of teaching.Ex. Meek took her glasses off and twiddled them as her supervisor related the following incident.Ex. I have looked at the book and mucked around with the database and using switches but can't see a solution.Ex. The story of the postwar diner suggests some ways that purveyors of consumer commodities finessed and exploited emergent social dislocations in the drive to expand and diversify markets.Ex. The author suggests ways of massaging the data contained in legacy systems lacking a good export function.Ex. The writer bemoans record studios' tendency to chop up and fiddle with opera performances.Ex. Dennis played her along until she decided to back out at which time he threatened to imprison her unless she paid up $2 million.Ex. Journalists are still playing fast and loose with the truth.----* manipular el mercado = rig + the market.* manipular indebidamente = meddle (in/with).* manipular la opinión = manipulate + opinion.* manipular las urnas = stuff + the ballot box.* * *1.verbo transitivo1)a) < mercancías> to handleb) <aparato/máquina> to operate, use2) <persona/información/datos> to manipulate; < cifras> to massage, manipulate2.manipular los resultados — to fix o rig the results
manipular vimanipulaba en or con las cuentas de sus clientes — he made illicit use of his clients' accounts
* * *= manipulate, tamper (with), fiddle, fuss with, tweak, twiddle, muck around/about, finesse, massage, fiddle with, play + Nombre + along, play + fast and loose with.Ex: Different stores offer access to distinct types of information or data and permit the information to be manipulated to varying extents.
Ex: Their effective operation is not immediately obvious to the uninitiated and the cards in the index are liable to become disorganized if inexperienced information seekers tamper with the index.Ex: Thus, the wrong impression was gained, for instance, when the olive oil subsidies were being ' fiddled' in Italy.Ex: Editors are a bridge between the abstract writer and the printer: on the one hand they fuss with the content and intellectual quality of the abstract, and on the other hand they prepare copy that conforms to the constraints of the publishing world.Ex: This book offers strategies for high school teachers that provide tools for creating, repairing, and tweaking all the discernible components of teaching.Ex: Meek took her glasses off and twiddled them as her supervisor related the following incident.Ex: I have looked at the book and mucked around with the database and using switches but can't see a solution.Ex: The story of the postwar diner suggests some ways that purveyors of consumer commodities finessed and exploited emergent social dislocations in the drive to expand and diversify markets.Ex: The author suggests ways of massaging the data contained in legacy systems lacking a good export function.Ex: The writer bemoans record studios' tendency to chop up and fiddle with opera performances.Ex: Dennis played her along until she decided to back out at which time he threatened to imprison her unless she paid up $2 million.Ex: Journalists are still playing fast and loose with the truth.* manipular el mercado = rig + the market.* manipular indebidamente = meddle (in/with).* manipular la opinión = manipulate + opinion.* manipular las urnas = stuff + the ballot box.* * *manipular [A1 ]vtA1 ‹mercancías› to handleel permiso para manipular alimentos the license to handle food2 ‹aparato/máquina› to operate, useB1 ‹persona› to manipulate2 ‹información/datos› to manipulatemanipular los resultados to fix o rig the results■ manipularvimanipulaba en or con las cuentas de sus clientes he made illicit use of his clients' accounts* * *
manipular ( conjugate manipular) verbo transitivo
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2 ‹persona/información/datos› to manipulate;◊ manipular los resultados to fix o rig the results
manipular verbo transitivo
1 (con manos, instrumento) to handle: manipula sustancias químicas, he handles chemicals
2 (dirigir, utilizar) to manipulate: te está manipulando, she's using you
' manipular' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
jugar
- manejar
- tocar
English:
engineer
- handle
- manipulate
- manoeuvre
- rig
- tamper
- play
* * *manipular vt1. [manejar] to handle;manipuló el explosivo con mucho cuidado he handled the explosives very carefully;alguien había manipulado la cerradura someone had tampered with the lock;manipular genéticamente to genetically modify2. [trastocar, dominar] to manipulate;le acusaron de manipular las papeletas they accused him of tampering with the ballot papers;están manipulando a las masas they are manipulating the masses* * *v/t1 información, persona manipulate2 ( manejar) handle* * *manipular vt1) : to manipulate2) manejar: to handle* * *manipular vb1. (influir, dominar) to manipulate2. (manejar) to handle -
2 frotar
v.to rub.Ellos restriegan la ropa They scrub the clothes.* * *1 to rub\frotarse las manos to rub one's hands together* * *verb* * *1.VT to rub; [+ fósforo] to strike2.See:* * *1.verbo transitivo/ intransitivo to rub2.* * *= rub, massage, rub together.Ex. Finally, test the coating of a glossy paper by rubbing it with a piece of silver.Ex. 'Since we're on the topic,' he sighed, massaging his temples, 'let me share a few other thoughts with you'.Ex. After wetting the hands with clean, warm water, applying soap, and working up a lather, the hands should be rubbed together for at least 20 seconds.----* aceite para frotar = rubbing oil.* bálsamo para frotar = rubbing oil.* frotar con un cepillo = brush.* frotar hasta hacer espuma = lather.* quitar frotando = rub off, rub.* untar frotando = rub.* * *1.verbo transitivo/ intransitivo to rub2.* * *= rub, massage, rub together.Ex: Finally, test the coating of a glossy paper by rubbing it with a piece of silver.
Ex: 'Since we're on the topic,' he sighed, massaging his temples, 'let me share a few other thoughts with you'.Ex: After wetting the hands with clean, warm water, applying soap, and working up a lather, the hands should be rubbed together for at least 20 seconds.* aceite para frotar = rubbing oil.* bálsamo para frotar = rubbing oil.* frotar con un cepillo = brush.* frotar hasta hacer espuma = lather.* quitar frotando = rub off, rub.* untar frotando = rub.* * *frotar [A1 ]vtto rubfrótalo bien para darle brillo rub it well o give it a good rub to bring out the shinefrotar dos palos to rub two sticks together■ frotarvito rub■ frotarse* * *
frotar ( conjugate frotar) verbo transitivo/intransitivo
to rub
frotarse verbo pronominal ( refl) ‹ojos/rodillas› to rub;
‹ manos› to rub … together
frotar vtr, frotarse verbo reflexivo to rub
♦ Locuciones: frotarse las manos, to rub one's hands together: se frotaba las manos pensando en lo rico que sería, he rubbed his hands together as he thought about how rich he would become
' frotar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
frotarse
- genio
English:
rub
- scrub out
* * *♦ vt[rozar, masajear] to rub; [al fregar] to scrub♦ vi[rozar, masajear] to rub; [al fregar] to scrub* * *v/t rub* * *frotar vt1) : to rub2) : to strike (a match)* * *
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