Spanish equivalent for "We'll play it by ear."
The context here is NOT music (tocar de oido), but rather a situation when you agree to be flexible or spontaneous about some upcoming activity, for example: We're not sure how we want to organize the first get-together of the new International Club, so we'll just play it by ear. The only thing I've come up with is "Vamos a improvisar."
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You could definitely say Veámos qué pasa, (let's see what happens) but something closer and more common would be Veámos cómo se dan las cosas.(let's see how things go). You could also use yá veremos que hacemos ( we'll se what we do). That's about all I can think of to come close.
Veamos qué pasa
Play it by ear?
Do you mean:
With that said, we acknowledge that we might not be prepared, so...
We will improvise = Vamos a improvisar.
We (will/might) get by = Iremos tirando.
We'll manage somehow = Lo conseguiremos de alguna manera.
We'll just go with it = Vamos a seguir la corriente.
Lo Echamos a Suertes
"Fly by the seat of your pants" ----> Woow! I can't figure it out in spanish (volar por el asiento de tus pantalones)
take it as it comes.....
tómelo como viene
There are probably a lot of regional colloquialisms for this one.I remember in Chile we would say "vamos a ver que se teje." Let's see what weaves itself. No room for literal translation, but you can understand what it means.
You could also fly by the seat of your pants. (Improvisar sobre la marcha)
