tantea in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

Translations for tantea in the Spanish»English Dictionary

I.tantear VB trans

1. tantear (con el tacto):

tantear

to feel

tanteando las paredes logró encontrar la puerta

he managed to find the door by feeling o groping his way along the walls

tanteó el paquete para intentar adivinar el contenido

she felt the parcel to try to guess what was inside it

2. tantear:

tantear situación

to weigh up

tantear situación

to size up

tantear persona

to sound out

tantear el terreno tendré que tantear el terreno antes de tomar una decisión

I'll have to see how things stand o how the land lies before I take a decision

no se lo propongas así de entrada, tantea antes el terreno

don't suggest it immediately, sound him out first

3. tantear toro:

tantear

to get the measure of

II.tantear VB intr

tantear

to feel one's way

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tantear el terreno

to see how the land lies

Translations for tantea in the English»Spanish Dictionary

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feel out

tantear

to put out a feeler or feelers

tantear el terreno

I'll put out my feelers and see what I can do

voy a tantear el terreno para ver lo que puedo hacer

sound out

tantear

we tentatively raised the subject

sacamos a colación el tema tentativamente or para tantear el terreno

to be on a fishing expedition (search for information) esp Am

tantear el terreno

to grope around or about

tantear

to fly a kite (test reaction)

tantear el terreno

to play the field inf

tantear el terreno inf

tantea in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for tantea in the Spanish»English Dictionary

tantear [tan·te·ˈar] VB trans

1. tantear:

tantear (calcular: cantidad)

to calculate

tantear (tamaño, volumen)

to gauge

tantear (tamaño, volumen)

to weigh up

tantear (a ojo)

to size up

tantear (precio)

to estimate

2. tantear:

tantear (probar)

to try out

tantear (persona: sondear)

to sound out

tantear el terreno fig

to get the lay of the land

3. tantear (dibujo):

tantear

to sketch

4. tantear SPORTS:

tantear (puntos)

to keep the score of

tantear (goles)

to score

5. tantear (ir a tientas):

tantear

to grope

tuvimos que bajar la escalera tanteando

we had to feel our way down the stairs

Translations for tantea in the English»Spanish Dictionary

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sound out

tantear

to put out one's feelers

tantear el terreno

to probe into the possibilities

tantear las posibilidades

to fly a kite fig

tantear el terreno

to play the field fig

tantear el terreno

to see how the land lies

tantear el terreno