tinglado

m.

1 shed (cobertizo).

2 platform.

3 fuss.

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tinglado

► nombre masculino

1 (cobertizo) shed

2 (tablado) platform, raised floor

3 figurado (embrollo) mess

4 figurado (intriga) intrigue

5 figurado (mundillo) setup, racket, business

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FRASEOLOGÍA

conocer el tinglado familiar to know the setup

manejar el tinglado familiar to pull the strings

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SM

1) (=tablado) platform; (=cobertizo) shed

2) * (=sistema) set-up

está metida en el tinglado del espiritismo — she's into the spiritualism thing

conocer el tinglado — to know the score *

montar el tinglado — to get going, set up in business

montar su tinglado — to do one's own thing *

3) (=intriga) plot, intrigue; (=truco) trick

armar un tinglado — to hatch a plot

4) (=follón) mess

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masculino

1) (tablado) platform; (cobertizo) shed; (puesto) stall

2) (Esp fam)

a) (montaje) set-up (colloq)

conocer el tinglado — to know the set-up

todo el tinglado — the whole caboodle (colloq)

b) (embrollo, lío) mess

c) (asunto turbio) racket (colloq)

el tinglado de la droga — the drugs racket

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= racket.

Ex. He says the library science degree is a racket; that there's nothing taught in library school that can't be better learned on the job.

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* desbaratar el tinglado = upset + the applecart.

* todo el tinglado = the whole works, the whole shebang, everything and the kitchen sink, the whole enchilada, the whole (kit and) caboodle, the whole nine yards, the whole shooting match, the whole banana, lock, stock and barrel.

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masculino

1) (tablado) platform; (cobertizo) shed; (puesto) stall

2) (Esp fam)

a) (montaje) set-up (colloq)

conocer el tinglado — to know the set-up

todo el tinglado — the whole caboodle (colloq)

b) (embrollo, lío) mess

c) (asunto turbio) racket (colloq)

el tinglado de la droga — the drugs racket

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= racket.

Ex: He says the library science degree is a racket; that there's nothing taught in library school that can't be better learned on the job.

* desbaratar el tinglado = upset + the applecart.

* todo el tinglado = the whole works, the whole shebang, everything and the kitchen sink, the whole enchilada, the whole (kit and) caboodle, the whole nine yards, the whole shooting match, the whole banana, lock, stock and barrel.

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tinglado

masculine

1 (tablado) platform; (cobertizo) shed; (puesto) stall

2 (montaje) set-up (colloq)

no me gusta el tinglado que tienen montado I don't like their set-up

se ha metido en el tinglado de la droga he's got(ten) involved in drugs o (colloq) in the drugs racket

todo el tinglado (fam); the whole business o caboodle (colloq)

3

(enredo): un tinglado de callejuelas a maze of alleyways

un tinglado de cables a tangle of wires

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tinglado sustantivo masculino
1 fam fig (enredo, lío) mess
2 fam fig (negocio sucio) racket
3 (plataforma, tarima) platform
'tinglado' also found in these entries:
English:
set-up
- racket

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tinglado nm

1. [armazón] platform;

Comp

Fam

todo el tinglado the whole caboodle

2. Fam [desorden] chaos;

¡qué tinglado de papeles tengo en la mesa! I've got such a clutter o jumble of papers on my desk!;

armaron un tinglado terrible para cambiar la instalación eléctrica they made a real meal out of rewiring the house

3. Fam [asunto] business;

tienen montado un tinglado extraño esos dos those two are up to some sort of funny business;

Comp

dirigir o [m5]manejar el tinglado to rule the roost

4. [cobertizo] shed

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tinglado

m

1 fig fam

mess

2 (maquinación) set-up, racket