Fiddle in spanish
Violín
pronunciation: bioʊlin part of speech: noun
pronunciation: bioʊlin part of speech: noun
In gestures






fiddle1 = violín.
Example: Departures from the norm included teaching of instruments like the dulcimer, harmonica, viol and fiddle.more:
» a face as long as a fiddle = cara larga.
Example: Whenever he went to the races and lost, he usually returned with a face as long as a fiddle.» as fit as a fiddle = andar como un reloj, estar rebosante de salud.
Example: Tall, handsome, fit-as-a-fiddle Louis Ronsard is the French businessman who has been selling this application for huge profits.» fiddle-like = parecido a un violín.
Example: This pear-shaped, fiddle-like musical instrument displays both 'Western' and 'Eastern' influences.» play + second fiddle = desempeñar un papel secundario, ser el segundo de a bordo.
Example: His classification was an attempt to adapt knowledge to the decimal pattern, and ideas had to play second fiddle; which is not a formula for efficient classification or a model for others.fiddle2 = engaño, chanchullo, amaño.
Example: This paper reports a study based on an eight-week period of participant observation of a particular form of resistance, fiddles.more:
» be on the fiddle = llevarse dinero, hacer chanchullos, defraudar dinero, estafar.
Example: I gather then, from what you are saying, that he has been on the fiddle syphoning money from the company.fiddle3 = manipular, amañar, engañar, hacer chanchullos, hacer trampa.
Example: Thus, the wrong impression was gained, for instance, when the olive oil subsidies were being 'fiddled' in Italy.more:
» fiddle while + Rome burns = quedarse de brazos cruzados ante un problema, perder el tiempo con nimiedades ignorando el verdadero problema.
Example: American political theorists are basically fiddling while Rome burns, talking about pie-in-the-sky versions of democracy, when they can't even figure out how to keep crazy people out of positions of significant power.» fiddle with = manipular, amañar, retocar.
Example: The writer bemoans record studios' tendency to chop up and fiddle with opera performances.» fiddle with = juguetear con.
Example: If she's constantly fiddling with her hair while she's talking to you, or even adjusting her clothes, she's trying to make sure she looks her best in front of you!.