twiddle in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

Translations for twiddle in the English»Spanish Dictionary

I.twiddle [Am ˈtwɪdl, Brit ˈtwɪd(ə)l] VB trans

twiddle

(hacer) girar

she twiddled the pencil between her fingers

jugueteaba con el lápiz

II.twiddle [Am ˈtwɪdl, Brit ˈtwɪd(ə)l] VB intr

to twiddle with sth

juguetear con algo

III.twiddle [Am ˈtwɪdl, Brit ˈtwɪd(ə)l] N

1. twiddle (act):

twiddle

vuelta f

I gave the knob a twiddle

giré el botón

2. twiddle (flourish, ornament):

twiddle

floritura f

Your search term in other parts of the dictionary

to twiddle one's thumbs

estar sin hacer nada

to twiddle one's thumbs

estar perdiendo el tiempo

Translations for twiddle in the Spanish»English Dictionary

Your search term in other parts of the dictionary

tocarse el pito vulg sl

to twiddle one's thumbs inf

twiddle in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for twiddle in the English»Spanish Dictionary

I.twiddle [ˈtwɪdl] VB trans

twiddle a. TECH, ELEC:

twiddle

(hacer) girar

Phrases:

to twiddle one's thumbs

estar mano sobre mano

II.twiddle [ˈtwɪdl] VB intr

to twiddle with sth

juguetear con algo

III.twiddle [ˈtwɪdl] N

twiddle

giro m

Translations for twiddle in the Spanish»English Dictionary

Your search term in other parts of the dictionary

rascarse la barriga

to twiddle one's thumbs

twiddle Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to twiddle one's thumbs

estar mano sobre mano

to twiddle with sth

juguetear con algo

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

After two years of twiddling our thumbs, we came back in 2013, opened a week and got wiped out again.

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You are either sitting around twiddling your thumbs or it's full-on.

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In most cases however, they were left twiddling their thumbs in their hiding spots, as the city's busy citizens took no notice.

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It's not sitting around twiddling your thumbs and doing nothing.

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I don't want to be home for the next few days twiddling my thumbs.

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They've given us every indication that once everything is signed off on this, they won't be twiddling their thumbs.

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I'm used to working and doing stuff, not sitting around twiddling my thumbs all the time.

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The worst part, when something doesn't hit, is you know you'll have a lot of time twiddling your thumbs thinking about what's next.

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This takes hundreds of times longer and is a key reason you can end up sat there twiddling your thumbs when switching between tasks.

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For 6d children could sit inside on the plain wooden slat and twiddle the nozzle for a few minutes apiece.

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