tiento

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tiento
ver tentar
masculine noun
1care (cuidado); tact (tacto)
also:
  • dar un tiento a algo -> to try something (probar)
2white stick (de ciego)
3balancing pole (de equilibrista)

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tiento [te-en’-to]
noun
1Touch, the act of feeling (sensación física). (m)
2A blind man’s stick. (m)
3Circumspection, prudent consideration (prudencia). (m)
4Poy, a rope-dancer’s pole. (m)
5Sureness of the hand, a steady band. (m)
6Stroke. (m)
verb
7GOLPE.
8Mahlstick, maulstick, a painter’s staff.
9Prelude, flourish. (Music)
10Tentacle. (Zoology)
  • Dar un tiento -> to make a trial
  • Por el tiento -> by the touch
  • Al tiento -> obscurely, doubtfully

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tiento
sustantivo:masculino
1 (diplomacia) tact; (prudencia) care; (cautela) wariness; circumspection
ir con tiento to go carefully
2 (toque) feel(ing); touch
a tiento (por el tacto) by touch; (con inseguridad) uncertainly; perder el tiento to lose one's touch; a 40 dólares nadie le echó un tiento at 40 dollars nobody was biting; at 40 dollars he didn't get a tickle; (familiar)
3 (familiar) (propuesta) pass; (familiar)
echar un tiento a una chica to make a pass at a girl; try it on with a girl; (familiar)
4 (buen pulso) steadiness of hand; steady hand
5 (familiar) (trago) swig; (familiar)
dar un tiento to take a swig;a from;
le dio un tiento al coñac
6 (Zoología) feeler; tentacle
7 (palo) (Circo) balancing pole; [de ciego] blind man's stick;
8 (familiar) (puñetazo) blow; punch
dar tientos a algn to hit sb
9 (S. Cone) (tira) thong of raw leather; rawhide strap

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