fiddle(
fih
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duhl
)A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
2. (colloquial) (cheat) (United Kingdom)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
Regionalism used in the United Kingdom
a. el chanchullo (M) (colloquial)
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
The deficit is huge, but the member of parliament doesn't care because he can always put in a fiddle.El déficit es enorme, pero al diputado no le importa porque simplemente puede hacer un chanchullo.
An intransitive verb is one that does not require a direct object (e.g., The man sneezed.).
3. (to fidget)
a. jugar
The kids fiddled with the remote control, and now it won't work.Los niños jugaron con el control remoto y ahora no funciona.
c. juguetear
Michelle fiddled with the settings on the mixer for a while until she got it to sound the way she wanted.Michelle jugueteó con los ajustes del mixer un rato hasta conseguir el sonido que quería.
d. enredar
Charlene fiddled with her curls as she talked on the phone with her boyfriend.Charlene enredaba con sus rizos mientras hablaba por teléfono con su novio.
4. (music)
a. tocar el violín
Becky fiddles in a bluegrass band.Becky toca el violín en una banda de bluegrass de Kentucky.
5. (colloquial) (to cheat) (United Kingdom)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
Regionalism used in the United Kingdom
a. hacer chanchullos (colloquial)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
Alex fiddled with the court documents.Alex hizo chanchullos con los documentos de la corte.
A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g., I bought a book.).
6. (colloquial) (to cheat) (United Kingdom)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
Regionalism used in the United Kingdom
a. amañar
He fiddled the books to make the buyer think the company was worth more than it was.Amañó las cuentas para hacerle creer al comprador que la empresa valía más de lo que realmente valía.
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