tiento

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

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

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