tinker

trastear, cacharrear

Intentar reparar o mejorar algo con pequeños cambios, a menudo sin mucha habilidad.

En inglés sencillo: To try to repair or improve something by making small changes, often without much skill.

• He likes to tinker with old radios.
• I tinkered with the settings until the picture improved.
• Have you been tinkering with my bike again?

Cómo se usa: tinker with something (She spent the afternoon tinkering with the engine.)

Sinónimos: fiddle, experiment

Expresiones frecuentes: tinker with something, tinker with engines, tinker around

trabajar de calderero

Ganarse la vida reparando ollas metálicas y otros objetos domésticos.

En inglés sencillo: To earn a living by repairing metal pots and other household objects.

• He tinkered for a living.
• His father tinkered in villages along the coast.
• She learned to tinker by repairing old metal pans.

Expresiones frecuentes: tinker for a living, tinker in villages

manitas

Persona que experimenta fabricando o reparando máquinas y otros objetos.

En inglés sencillo: A person who experiments with making or repairing machines and other objects.

• My grandfather was a keen tinker.
• The tinker built a small engine from spare parts.
• Local tinkers gathered to share their homemade machines.

Sinónimos: tinkerer, amateur mechanic

Expresiones frecuentes: an amateur tinker, a skilled tinker

calderero ambulante

Persona que iba de un lugar a otro reparando ollas metálicas y otros objetos domésticos.

En inglés sencillo: A person who traveled from place to place repairing metal pots and other household objects.

• The tinker repaired our pan.
• A traveling tinker visited the village each spring.
• People brought their broken metal pots to the tinker.

Sinónimos: itinerant tinsmith

Expresiones frecuentes: a traveling tinker, the village tinker

trasto, pillín

Persona juguetona, sobre todo un niño, que causa pequeños problemas.

En inglés sencillo: A playful person, especially a child who causes small amounts of trouble.

• You little tinker!
• That cheeky tinker hid my glasses again.
• The children were lovable tinkers who kept everyone busy.

Sinónimos: rascal, scamp

Expresiones frecuentes: little tinker, cheeky tinker

retoque, apaño

Intento de reparar o mejorar algo mediante pequeños cambios.

En inglés sencillo: An attempt to repair or improve something by making small changes.

• I’ll have a tinker with it.
• A quick tinker got the radio working again.
• She gave the engine a tinker before calling a mechanic.

Cómo se usa: have a tinker with something (Let me have a tinker with your bike.)

Sinónimos: adjustment, repair attempt

Expresiones frecuentes: have a tinker, a quick tinker, give something a tinker