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fiddle
[ˈfɪdəl]
sustantivo
1violín (m) (violin) (en música folk)
2timo (m) (familiar) (swindle) (especialmente británico)
  • to be on the fiddle (en música folk) -> dedicarse a hacer chanchullos
verbo transitivo
3amañar (familiar) (cheat) (británico)
  • to fiddle the accounts -> amañar la contabilidad, hacer una transa con la contabilidad (español de México)
verbo intransitivo
4tocar el violín (play violin) (en música folk)
5(fidget)
  • to fiddle (about or around) with something (en música folk) -> juguetear or enredar con algo

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fiddle [fi-del]
sustantivo
1Violín.
2Utensilio mecánico; los hay de varias clases.
  • Fiddle-bow -> arco de violín
  • To play first fiddle -> llevar la batuta, ser el principal o la cabeza de una reunión, empresa, etc. Fiddle-block, montón de poleas diferenciales
verbo neutro (intransitivo)
1Tocar el violín. (n)
2Enredar o jugar con las manos sin hacer nada. (n)
  • Fiddling word -> trabajo en balde, tiempo perdido

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fiddle [ˈfɪdl]
noun
1 (violin) violín; (m)
to play second fiddle to sb
to play second fiddle desempeñar un papel secundario
to play second fiddle to sb estar a la sombra de algn
he's fed up with playing second fiddle to his older brother está harto de estar a la sombra de su hermano mayor
2 especially (Britain) (informal) (cheat) trampa; (f) superchería; (f)
it's a fiddle aquí hay trampa; tax fiddle evasión fiscal; (f) to work a fiddle hacer trampa; to be on the fiddle dedicarse a hacer chanchullos; (informal)
verb:intransitive
1 (Mús) tocar el violín
to fiddle while Rome burns perder el tiempo con nimiedades e ignorar el verdadero problema
He said that the Australian community did not realize the gravity of the situation. We think it does: it is the Federal Government that has been fiddling while Rome burns
2 (fidget) enredar
do stop fiddling! ¡deja ya de enredar!; to fiddle (about around) with sthor enredar juguetear con algo;or someone has been fiddling (about around) with itor alguien lo ha estropeado; alguien ha estado enredando con él
3 especially (Britain) (informal) (cheat) hacer trampas
verb:transitive
especially (Britain) (informal) [+accounts, results, expenses claim etc] manipular
to fiddle one's income tax defraudar impuestos

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Verb Conjugation for "fiddle"

Imperative
  • fiddle
  • you fiddle
  • he/she fiddles
  • we fiddle
  • you fiddle
  • they fiddle
Preterite
  • I fiddled
  • you fiddled
  • he/she fiddled
  • we fiddled
  • you fiddled
  • they fiddled
Present Continuous
  • I am fiddling
  • you are fiddling
  • he/she is fiddling
  • we are fiddling
  • you are fiddling
  • they are fiddling
Present Perfect
  • I have fiddled
  • you have fiddled
  • he/she has fiddled
  • we have fiddled
  • you have fiddled
  • they have fiddled
Past Continuous
  • I was fiddling
  • you were fiddling
  • he/she was fiddling
  • we were fiddling
  • you were fiddling
  • they were fiddling
Past Perfect
  • I had fiddled
  • you had fiddled
  • he/she had fiddled
  • we had fiddled
  • you had fiddled
  • they had fiddled
Future
  • I will fiddle
  • you will fiddle
  • he/she will fiddle
  • we will fiddle
  • you will fiddle
  • they will fiddle
Future Perfect
  • I will have fiddled
  • you will have fiddled
  • he/she will have fiddled
  • we will have fiddled
  • you will have fiddled
  • they will have fiddled
Future Continuous
  • I will be fiddling
  • you will be fiddling
  • he/she will be fiddling
  • we will be fiddling
  • you will be fiddling
  • they will be fiddling
Present Perfect Continuous
  • I have been fiddling
  • you have been fiddling
  • he/she has been fiddling
  • we have been fiddling
  • you have been fiddling
  • they have been fiddling
Future Perfect Continuous
  • I will have been fiddling
  • you will have been fiddling
  • he/she will have been fiddling
  • we will have been fiddling
  • you will have been fiddling
  • they will have been fiddling
Past Perfect Continuous
  • I had been fiddling
  • you had been fiddling
  • he/she had been fiddling
  • we had been fiddling
  • you had been fiddling
  • they had been fiddling
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