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1 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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2 mess about
v.1 traer a maltraer (familiar) (treat badly)2 perder el tiempo en tonterías.3 entremeterse.4 joder.vi.1 hacer el tonto (fool about, waste time)to mess about o around with something enredar con algo-> mess around -
3 mess about/around
1) (to behave in a foolish or annoying way: The children were shouting and messing about.) fastidiar, molestar2) (to work with no particular plan in a situation that involves mess: I love messing about in the kitchen.) gandulear3) ((with with) to meddle or interfere with: Who's been messing about with my papers?) desarreglar, desordenar4) (to upset or put into a state of disorder or confusion: The wind messed her hair about.) alborotar -
4 to mess about / mess around
to mess about / mess around2 (act the fool) hacer el primo, tontear■ stop messing about! ¡déjate de tonterías!, ¡basta de tonterías!1 (treat badly) fastidiar, tomar el pelo a -
5 to mess about / mess around with
to mess about / mess around with1 (fiddle with) tocar, manosear; (play with) jugar con1 (get involved with) meterse con1 (have affair with) tener un lío con, estar liado,-a con2 (sexually interfere with) abusar deEnglish-spanish dictionary > to mess about / mess around with
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6 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)
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mes
1. noun(a state of disorder or confusion; an untidy, dirty or unpleasant sight or muddle: This room is in a terrible mess!; She looked a mess; The spilt food made a mess on the carpet.) desastre, enredo, lío
2. verb((with with) to meddle, or to have something to do with: She's always messing with the television set.) desordenar- messy- messily
- messiness
- mess-up
- make a mess of
- mess about/around
- mess up
mess n1. desorden / confusión / líowhat a mess! ¡qué desorden!your room is a mess! ¡tu habitación está desordenada!2. suciedad / porqueríato make a mess of something ensuciar algo / estropear algotr[mes]1 (untidy state) desorden nombre masculino, revoltijo■ everything's a mess todo está desordenado, todo está patas arriba■ your room is a complete mess! ¡tu habitación está toda desordenada!■ don't make a mess! ¡no lo desordenes todo!2 (confusion, mix-up) confusión nombre femenino, lío, follón nombre masculino; (person, thing) desastre nombre masculino■ what a mess! ¡vaya lío!4 SMALLMILITARY/SMALL (room) comedor nombre masculino; (group of people who eat in mess) oficiales nombre masculino plural1 SMALLMILITARY/SMALL (eat in mess) comer el rancho\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLto look a mess estar horroroso,-ato make a mess of something (dirty) ensuciar algo 2 (untidy) desordenar algo 3 (mess up) estropear algomess ['mɛs] vt1) soil: ensuciar2)to mess up disarrange: desordenar, desarreglar3)to mess up bungle: echar a perdermess vi1) putter: entretenerse2) interfere: meterse, entrometersedon't mess with me: no te metas conmigomess n1) : rancho m (para soldados, etc.)2) disorder: desorden myour room is a mess: tienes el cuarto hecho un desastre3) confusion, turmoil: confusión f, embrollo m, lío m famn.(§ pl.: messes) = comistrajo s.m.• confusión s.f.• desorden s.m.• embolismo s.m.• embrollo s.m.• enredo s.m.• frangollo s.m.• lío s.m.• revoltijo s.m.v.• desordenar v.• echar a perder v.• emburujar v.mes1)a) (no pl) ( untidiness) desorden m, revoltijo mthe bedroom was (in) a mess — el dormitorio estaba todo desordenado or (fam) patas para arriba
my hair is a mess — (colloq) tengo el pelo hecho un desastre
b) ( dirt)what a mess! — qué desastre or (RPl tb) enchastre! (fam)
they made a mess on the carpet/in the kitchen — dejaron la alfombra/cocina hecha un asco (fam)
c) u ( excrement) (BrE colloq & euph) caca f (fam)2) (no pl) (confused, troubled state)to make a mess of something: you made a real mess of this job hiciste muy mal este trabajo; she made a real mess of her life — se arruinó la vida
3) c ( Mil)officers' mess — casino m or comedor m de oficiales
4) (no pl) ( large quantity) (AmE colloq) montón m•Phrasal Verbs:- mess up[mes]1. N1) (untidy) desorden m ; (dirty) porquería f ; (=shambles) desastre m, desbarajuste m ; (=predicament) lío * m, follón * m ; (=bad job) chapuza * f, desastre m•
to be a mess, this place is a mess — esta casa es un desastrethis page is a mess, rewrite it — esta página es una chapuza * or un desastre, vuélvela a escribir
her life is a mess — su vida es un desastre or un desbarajuste
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you can clean that mess up — ya puedes ir limpiando esta pena•
to be in a mess, the house was in a mess — la casa estaba hecha un desastreto leave things in a mess — dejarlo todo desordenado or hecho un desastre
her life is in a mess — su vida es un desastre or un desbarajuste
his face was in a bit of a mess — (after fight, accident) tenía la cara que daba pena
we're in a mess — estamos metidos en un lío or un follón *
a fine or nice mess you got us into! — ¡en menudo lío or follón nos has metido! *
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you look (such) a mess — vas hecho un desastre•
to make a mess, look what a mess you've made! — ¡mira cómo lo has puesto todo!I've made such a mess of my life — he arruinado or echado a perder mi vida
you've made a real mess of things, haven't you? — has liado bien las cosas ¿no crees? *
3) (Mil) comedor mofficers' mess — comedor m de oficiales
2. VI1) (Mil) (=eat) hacer rancho, comer (juntos)2) *no messing! — ¡sin bromas!, ¡nada de tonterías!
no messing? — ¿en serio?
3) (=soil o.s.) hacerse caca encima *3.VT4.CPDa mess of pottage N — (Bible) un plato de lentejas
- mess up* * *[mes]1)a) (no pl) ( untidiness) desorden m, revoltijo mthe bedroom was (in) a mess — el dormitorio estaba todo desordenado or (fam) patas para arriba
my hair is a mess — (colloq) tengo el pelo hecho un desastre
b) ( dirt)what a mess! — qué desastre or (RPl tb) enchastre! (fam)
they made a mess on the carpet/in the kitchen — dejaron la alfombra/cocina hecha un asco (fam)
c) u ( excrement) (BrE colloq & euph) caca f (fam)2) (no pl) (confused, troubled state)to make a mess of something: you made a real mess of this job hiciste muy mal este trabajo; she made a real mess of her life — se arruinó la vida
3) c ( Mil)officers' mess — casino m or comedor m de oficiales
4) (no pl) ( large quantity) (AmE colloq) montón m•Phrasal Verbs:- mess up -
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9 fool about
fool about vb hacer el tonto(esp BrE) fool around a)VI + ADV1) (=waste time) perder el tiempo2) (=act the fool) hacer el tontoto fool about with sth — (=play with) jugar con algo; (and damage) estropear algo; (=mess with) [+ drugs, drink, electricity] jugar con
3) (=have an affair)* * *(esp BrE) fool around a) -
10 goof about
v.perder el tiempo en tonterías, hacer el tonto.vi.hacer el bobo (familiar) (mess around) (Estados Unidos) -> goof around -
11 tonto
tonto
◊ -ta adjetivo1 ( ingenuo) silly ( disgustado) upset 2 ‹excusa/error/historia› silly ■ sustantivo masculino, femenino ( falto de inteligencia) idiot, dummy (colloq); ( ingenuo) idiot, fool; ( actuar con necedad) to make a fool of oneself;◊ hacerse el tonto to act dumb
tonto,-a
I adjetivo silly, familiar dumb: ¿cómo pude ser tan tonto?, how could I be so stupid?
fue lo bastante tonto como para decirle la verdad, he was foolish enough to tell him the truth
una observación tonta, a trivial remark
II sustantivo masculino y femenino fool, idiot, familiar dummy
hacer el tonto, to play the fool
hacerse el tonto, to play dumb
tonto de remate, prize idiot ' tonto' also found in these entries: Spanish: bobalicón - bobalicona - boluda - boludo - burrada - capirote - definitivamente - fatua - fatuo - hacer - hombre - manteca - pelo - perdida - perdido - remate - simple - tarugo - todavía - tonta - tratar - asno - baboso - gana - ganso - huevón - idiota - imbécil - lelo - lerdo - mongólico - necio - pavo - pendejo - salame - soquete - tontear - tontería - zanahoria English: act - asinine - clot - clown around - dim - do - dozy - dumb - fool - goof - help - idiotic - lark about - lark around - mess about - mess around - muck about - muck around - need - play - prize - silly - soft-headed - such - thing - daft - foolish - kind - know - stupid - that -
12 fastidiar
fastidiar ( conjugate fastidiar) verbo transitivo ‹fiesta/excursión› to spoil; ‹ estómago› to upset verbo intransitivo: ¡no fastidies! ¿de veras? go on! you're kidding! (colloq) fastidiarse verbo pronominalb) (fam) ( jorobarse):◊ tendré que fastidiarme I'll have to put up with it (colloq);¡te fastidias! (Esp) tough! (colloq)
fastidiar verbo transitivo
1 (causar enojo, molestia) to annoy, bother: me fastidió mucho que no vinieras, I was upset that you couldn't come
2 fam (el pelo, un coche, etc) to damage, ruin: se ha vuelto a fastidiar la lavadora, the washing machine's broken down again (un proyecto, plan) to spoil
3 (causar una herida) to hurt ' fastidiar' also found in these entries: Spanish: cagar - extemporánea - extemporáneo - joder - martirizar - pajolera - pajolero - cargar - embolar - hartar - hinchar - molestar English: aggravate - annoy - cock up - get - goose - hassle - irk - irritate - mess about - mess around - nag - play up - rub - screw up - spite - badger - bug - screw -
13 rato
rato sustantivo masculino espera un ratito wait a minute (colloq); en mis ratos libres in my spare time; pasé un mal rato it was terrible; iré dentro de un rato I'll go shortlyb) ( en locs)◊ a cada rato (AmL): me interrumpe a cada rato he keeps interrupting me;al (poco) rato shortly afterwards; al poco rato de irte tú shortly o just after you left; a ratos from time to time; para rato (fam): tengo para rato I'll be a while, I'll be some time; todavía hay para rato there's still a long way to go; pasar el rato to while away the time
rato sustantivo masculino
1 (porción de tiempo) while, time: al poco rato llegó Juan, shortly after Juan came
me hizo pasar un mal rato, she gave me an awful time
ratos libres, spare time sing Locuciones: no tengas prisa, hay para rato, take it easy, it'll take a while
pasar el rato, to while away the time
a cada rato, every other minute
a ratos, at times, now and again
un buen rato, a long time familiar un rato (largo), very o a lot: sabe un rato (largo) de ajedrez, she knows a good deal about chess ' rato' also found in these entries: Spanish: aprovechar - cacho - correa - decir - entretenerse - expansión - hueca - hueco - llevar - menudencia - reposar - romper - tela - trago - amable - conversar - libre - para English: after - awhile - fill in - mess about - mess around - spell - stop off - time - wait - while - while away - bit - by - come - linger - pass - snatch - talk -
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cónyuge sustantivo masculino y femenino (frml) spouse (frml);
cónyuge mf spouse
cónyuges, married couple sing, husband and wife ' cónyuge' also found in these entries: Spanish: consorte - gorrear - viejo English: consort - mess about - mess around - partner - spouse - unfaithful -
15 cocina
Del verbo cocinar: ( conjugate cocinar) \ \
cocina es: \ \3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) presente indicativo2ª persona singular (tú) imperativoMultiple Entries: cocina cocinar
cocina sustantivo femenino cocina de or a gas gas stove o (BrE) cooker;◊ cocina eléctrica electric stove o (BrE) cooker( gastronomía) cuisine; la cocina casera home cooking
cocinar ( conjugate cocinar) verbo transitivo/intransitivo to cook;◊ ¿quién cocina en tu casa? who does the cooking in your house?
cocina sustantivo femenino
1 (habitación de la casa) kitchen
2 (electrodoméstico) cooker, US stove: la cocina es eléctrica, the cooker is electric
3 (modo de cocinar) cooking, cuisine
la cocina peruana, Peruvian cooking
cocinar verbo transitivo & verbo intransitivo to cook ' cocina' also found in these entries: Spanish: amueblada - amueblado - ancha - ancho - armario - batería - bayeta - cacharro - campaña - empantanarse - encerrar - exterior - fogón - fuego - funcional - hornillo - llevar - maña - menaje - molde - paño - pinche - pirrar - robot - rodillo - trapo - arriba - ayudante - barrer - campana - cocinar - cocineta - condimento - criollo - cubo - cuchillo - desnivel - dotado - enchastrar - equipar - estufa - fregadero - gabinete - horno - libro - lumbre - mobiliario - monumental - paleta - papa English: burner - chopping board - cloth - cookbook - cooker - cookery - cookery book - cooking - cooktop - cuisine - dishcloth - dishtowel - do - down-home - dresser - exhaust fan - food processor - galley - gas cooker - granite - grime - hob - hotplate - intuitively - kitchen - kitchenware - mess about - mess around - mop - nowadays - poor - pot - self-catering - self-contained - specialize - stove - tea cloth - tea towel - utensil - worktop - bed - chef - cook - dish - fixture - food - hatch - keep - mean - processor -
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engañar ( conjugate engañar) verbo transitivo tú a mí no me engañas you can't fool me; lo engañó haciéndole creer que … she deceived him into thinking that …; engañar a algn para que haga algo to trick sb into doing sth engañarse verbo pronominal ( refl) ( mentirse) to deceive oneself, kid oneself (colloq)
engañar
I verbo transitivo
1 to deceive, mislead
2 (mentir) to lie: no me engañes, ese no es tu coche, you can't fool me, this isn't your car
3 (la sed, el hambre, el sueño) comeremos un poco para engañar el hambre, we'll eat a bit to keep the wolf from the door
4 (timar) to cheat, trick
5 (ser infiel) to be unfaithful to
II verbo intransitivo to be deceptive: parece pequeña, pero engaña, it looks small, but it's deceptive ' engañar' also found in these entries: Spanish: burlar - confiada - confiado - torear - tramoya - clavar - disfraz - disfrazar - joder English: betray - cheat - deceive - delude - double-cross - dupe - fool - fox - have - hoax - hoodwink - lead on - mess about - mess around - mislead - put over - ride - stitch up - take in - trick - try on - two-time - unfaithful - wool - hood - kid - lead - square - take - two -
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■entretenerse verbo reflexivo
1 (divertirse, pasar el rato) to amuse oneself
2 (retrasarse) to be delayed, be held up (remolonear) to linger ' entretenerse' also found in these entries: Spanish: demorarse - distracción - distraer - divertir - entretener - liar English: mess about - mess around - potter - amuse - busy - dawdle - putter -
18 mañosear
Multiple Entries: manosear manosear algo mañosear
manosear ( conjugate manosear) verbo transitivo
mañosear ( conjugate mañosear) verbo intransitivo (Chi fam) to play o act up (colloq)
manosear vtr (un objeto) to finger (a alguien) to grope ' mañosear' also found in these entries: Spanish: manosear - sobar - tocar English: finger - handle - mess about - mess around - paw - grope -
19 manosear
Multiple Entries: manosear manosear algo mañosear
manosear ( conjugate manosear) verbo transitivo
mañosear ( conjugate mañosear) verbo intransitivo (Chi fam) to play o act up (colloq)
manosear vtr (un objeto) to finger (a alguien) to grope ' manosear' also found in these entries: Spanish: sobar - mañosear - tocar English: finger - handle - mess about - mess around - paw - grope -
20 pareja
pareja sustantivo femenino 1 formar parejas to get into pairs 2 un calcentin sin pareja an odd sock
parejo,-a
I adjetivo same, similar
II sustantivo femenino
1 (de objetos) pair: ¿dónde está la pareja de este calcetín?, where's the other sock of this pair?
2 (hombre y mujer) couple: hacen muy buena pareja, they make a very nice couple
3 (compañero sentimental, de juego, baile) partner Locuciones: correr parejas, to be very similar: nuestras vidas corren parejas, our lives are very similar
vivir en pareja, to live with one's partner ' pareja' also found in these entries: Spanish: alejarse - amante - avenida - avenido - carabina - compañera - compañero - comprometida - comprometido - divertida - divertido - enamorada - enamorado - incompatible - ligue - mariposear - matrimonio - novia - novio - parejo - prometerse - retozar - romper - ronda - acaramelado - empatar - hacer - íntimo - jalar - juntar - ley - terapia English: argue - carefree - couple - court - difficulty - duo - man - match - mate - mess about - mess around - middle-aged - mismatch - odd - pair - pair up - partner - see - separate - single parent - split up - twosome - unsuited - victim - well-matched - double - make - single
См. также в других словарях:
mess about — phrasal verb mess about or mess around Word forms mess about : present tense I/you/we/they mess about he/she/it messes about present participle messing about past tense messed about past participle messed about British informal 1) [intransitive]… … English dictionary
mess about — (BE) see mess around * * * [ mesə baʊt] (BE) see mess around … Combinatory dictionary
mess about — verb be about The high school students like to loiter in the Central Square Who is this man that is hanging around the department? • Syn: ↑loiter, ↑lounge, ↑footle, ↑lollygag, ↑loaf, ↑lallygag, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
mess about with somebody — ˌmess aˈround with sb derived (BrE also ˌmess aˈbout with sb) to have a sexual relationship with sb, especially when you should not Main entry: ↑messderived … Useful english dictionary
mess about/around — POTTER ABOUT, pass the time, fiddle about/around, footle about/around, play about/around, fool about/around; fidget, toy, trifle, tamper, tinker, interfere, meddle, monkey (about/around); informal piddle about/ … Useful english dictionary
mess around (with something) mess about (with something); — AND monkey around (with something) in. to play with or fiddle with something. □ Don’t mess around with the ashtray. □ You’ l l break it if you don’t stop monkeying around with it … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
mess about/around — Syn: potter about, fiddle about/around, footle about/around, play about/around, fool about/around, fidget, toy, trifle, tamper, tinker, interfere, meddle, monkey (about/around); Brit.; informal muck about/around … Synonyms and antonyms dictionary
mess about/around — behave in a silly way. ↘occupy oneself in a pleasantly desultory way. → mess … English new terms dictionary
mess about (with someone) — Go to mess around (with someone) … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
mess about — loiter, remain idle in one place … English contemporary dictionary
mess about with — Deal with in an inefficient or untidy way … A concise dictionary of English slang