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tinker Meaning in Spanish (tinker significado en español)

verbtrastear
nounmanitas
trastear in English:tinker
Quick Answer • Resumen

El significado de tinker en español es trastear, manitas. (Realizar ajustes o reparaciones pequeñas, a menudo poco habilidosas o experimentales, en algo, generalmente en un intento de mejorarlo o arreglarlo.)

Definitions of Tinker

  1. 1
    verb
    trastear

    To make small, often unskillful or experimental, adjustments or repairs to something, usually in an attempt to improve or fix it.

    Realizar ajustes o reparaciones pequeñas, a menudo poco habilidosas o experimentales, en algo, generalmente en un intento de mejorarlo o arreglarlo.

  2. 2
    noun
    manitas

    A person who makes small, usually unskillful, attempts to repair or improve something, often as a hobby or without professional training.

    Una persona que hace pequeños intentos, generalmente poco habilidosos, de reparar o mejorar algo, a menudo como pasatiempo o sin formación profesional.

Example Sentences

“He loves to tinker with old radios in his garage.”

Le encanta trastear con radios viejas en su garaje.

“Don't tinker with the settings if you don't know what you're doing.”

No trastees con la configuración si no sabes lo que haces.

Synonyms (Sinónimos)

In Spanish:

arreglarexperimentarjugar

In English:

fiddlemess arounddabble

Antonyms (Antónimos)

In Spanish:

estropeardesmantelar

In English:

Inflected Word Forms

past tensetinkered
present participletinkering
agent nountinkerer

Phrases & Idiomatic Expressions

tinker withphrasal_verb

To make small, often experimental, adjustments or repairs to something.