fiddle with

• Verbo frasal que se usa para referirse a tocar o ajustar algo repetidamente, a menudo nerviosa o vagamente, o para hacer pequeños cambios en algo con el fin de arreglarlo o mejorarlo.

A phrasal verb used to indicate the act of touching or adjusting something repeatedly, often in a nervous or aimless way, or making small changes to something in an attempt to fix or improve it.

incontable · transitivo · phrasal, inseparable

1. Adjust or tamperinformal

   To touch or adjust something repeatedly, often in a nervous or aimless way, or to make small changes.

   manosear, toquetear

   • Stop fiddling with your phone during the meeting.
   • He fiddled with the radio until he found a good station.
   • She fiddled with the settings on the camera.

   Sinónimosadjusttwiddle

2. Manipulate dishonestlyinformal

   To change something in a dishonest way to get a desired result.

   manipular con engaño

   • The accountant was caught fiddling with the company's books.
   • They fiddled with the test results to make them look better.
   • He was accused of fiddling with the evidence.

   Sinónimoscookdoctorfalsifyfixfudgemanipulaterig

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