amañar

v.

1 to rig, to manipulate.

2 to trick, to rig.

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amañar

► verbo transitivo

1 (falsear) to fiddle, fix; (documentos) to tamper with, doctor; (cuentas) to cook; (elecciones) to rig

2 (componer) to fix, arrange

► verbo pronominal amañarse

1 (darse maña) to be skilful (US skillful)

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FRASEOLOGÍA

amañárselas familiar to manage

■ se las amaña muy bien para hacer el mínimo de trabajo he always manages to do as little work as possible

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verb

to fix

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1. VT

1) pey (=manipular) [+ resultado] to alter, tamper with; [+ elección] to rig; [+ foto] to fake; [+ partido, jurado] to fix; [+ cuentas] to cook *; [+ excusa] to cook up

2) (=hacer bien) to do skilfully, do skillfully (EEUU), do cleverly

2.

See:

amañarse

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1.

verbo transitivo (fam) <elecciones> to rig; <partido/pelea> to fix; <carnet/documento> to tamper with; <informe> to alter, doctor (pej); <excusa/historia> to dream o cook up, concoct

2.

amañarse v pron

1) tb

amañárselas — (ingeniarse) to manage

se (las) amañó para llegar a fin de mes — she somehow managed to get by until the end of the month

2) (Col, Ven) (acostumbrarse) to settle in

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= sex up, fiddle, fiddle with, fudge, fake, cobble together, concoct.

Ex. Kelly reportedly said that top aides of Prime Minister Tony Blair had 'sexed up' intelligence reports to help justify an invasion of Iraq.

Ex. Thus, the wrong impression was gained, for instance, when the olive oil subsidies were being 'fiddled' in Italy.

Ex. The writer bemoans record studios' tendency to chop up and fiddle with opera performances.

Ex. The author explains how scientific literature is written, refereed, edited, and published, and contends that the data it contains have often been fudged or stolen from others.

Ex. Both the researcher and the student practice of 'fudging' involves faking, fabricating, or stealing data.

Ex. By cobbling together these essays without any attempt to integrate them, Mills reveals a disregard for his audience.

Ex. Their unquenchable thirst for revenge enabled them to concoct a diabolical scheme.

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* amañar el mercado = rig + the market.

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1.

verbo transitivo (fam) <elecciones> to rig; <partido/pelea> to fix; <carnet/documento> to tamper with; <informe> to alter, doctor (pej); <excusa/historia> to dream o cook up, concoct

2.

amañarse v pron

1) tb

amañárselas — (ingeniarse) to manage

se (las) amañó para llegar a fin de mes — she somehow managed to get by until the end of the month

2) (Col, Ven) (acostumbrarse) to settle in

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= sex up, fiddle, fiddle with, fudge, fake, cobble together, concoct.

Ex: Kelly reportedly said that top aides of Prime Minister Tony Blair had 'sexed up' intelligence reports to help justify an invasion of Iraq.

Ex: Thus, the wrong impression was gained, for instance, when the olive oil subsidies were being 'fiddled' in Italy.

Ex: The writer bemoans record studios' tendency to chop up and fiddle with opera performances.

Ex: The author explains how scientific literature is written, refereed, edited, and published, and contends that the data it contains have often been fudged or stolen from others.

Ex: Both the researcher and the student practice of 'fudging' involves faking, fabricating, or stealing data.

Ex: By cobbling together these essays without any attempt to integrate them, Mills reveals a disregard for his audience.

Ex: Their unquenchable thirst for revenge enabled them to concoct a diabolical scheme.

* amañar el mercado = rig + the market.

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amañar [A1 ]

vt

(fam)

1 ‹elecciones› to rig; ‹partido/pelea› to fix

2 ‹carnet/documento› to tamper with, doctor

amañó el informe oficial he doctored o altered the official report

3 ‹excusa/historia› to dream o cook up, concoct

■ amañarse

v pron

A

tb amañárselas (ingeniarse): se (las) amañó para llegar a fin de mes she somehow managed to get by until the end of the month

B (Col) (acostumbrarse) to settle in

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amañar (conjugate amañar) verbo transitivo (fam) ‹elecciones› to rig;
‹partido/pelea› to fix;
‹carnet/documento› to tamper with;
‹informe› to alter, doctor (pej);
‹excusa/historia› to dream o cook up, concoct
amañarse verbo pronominal
1 tb

◊ amañárselas (ingeniarse) to manage

2 (Col, Ven) (acostumbrarse) to settle in
amañar verbo transitivo
1 to fix, fiddle
2 (unas elecciones, un premio) to rig
'amañar' also found in these entries:
English:
book
- cook
- doctor
- fiddle
- fix
- juggle
- fudge
- rig

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amañar

♦ vt

1. [elecciones, resultado] to rig;

[partido] to fix

2. [documento] to doctor

♦ See also the pronominal verb amañarse

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amañar

v/t fam

rig fam ; partido fix fam

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amañar vt

: to rig, to fix, to tamper with

♦ See also the reflexive verb amañarse