tinker in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

Translations for tinker in the English»Spanish Dictionary

I.tinker [Am ˈtɪŋkər, Brit ˈtɪŋkə] N

1. tinker:

tinker (gipsy)

gitano m / gitana f

tinker (pot mender)

hojalatero m / hojalatera f

tinker (pot mender)

calderero m / calderera f

not to be worth a tinker's damn or Brit also cuss inf

no valer nada

not to give a tinker's damn or Brit also cuss inf I don't give a tinker's cuss

me importa un bledo or pito inf

2. tinker (mischievous child):

tinker esp Brit inf

pilluelo m / pilluela f inf

tinker esp Brit inf

diablillo m / diablilla f inf

3. tinker (fiddle):

I'll have a tinker with the engine

le voy a hacer unos pequeños ajustes al motor

II.to tinker with VB intr

to tinker with with car/television:

to tinker with

hacerle pequeños ajustes a algo

to tinker with pej

juguetear con algo

their proposals merely tinker with the problem

sus propuestas solo tocan la superficie del problema

they had tinkered with the wording of the contract

habían retocado la redacción del contrato

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tinker in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for tinker in the English»Spanish Dictionary

I.tinker [ˈtɪŋkəʳ, Am -kɚ] N

1. tinker HISTORY:

tinker

hojalatero m

2. tinker Brit:

tinker

gitano(-a) m (f)

II.tinker [ˈtɪŋkəʳ, Am -kɚ] VB intr

to tinker with sth

tratar de reparar algo

tinker Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to tinker with sth

tratar de reparar algo

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

Tinker gnome civilizations are divided into guilds, who each research and develop a different technological field.

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Furthermore, their intense curiosity means they must be given a steady supply of objects to tinker with, chew, dismantle and destroy.

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Tinker is clever but a bit superficial and virtually everything he does is part of some joke or prank.

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The remaining permanent solder repair would then be rasped and smoothed down by the tinker.

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The year was 1998 and once again they began to tinker with the board.

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She tries to learn various other skills before finally accepting, with the help of her friends, that she truly is a tinker.

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