tontear

v.

1 to act the fool, to fool about, to fool around (hacer el tonto).

2 to act the fool on.

Me tontea el estudiante nuevo The new student acts the fool on me.

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tontear

► verbo intransitivo

1 (decir tonterías) to act the clown, fool about

2 (galantear) to flirt

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verb

to fool around

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verbo intransitivo

a) (hacer el tonto) to play the fool; (decir tonterías) to talk nonsense

b) (flirtear) to fool around (colloq)

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= fool around, horse around/about, muck around/about.

Ex. For those professional fools, the clowns, fooling around is serious business.

Ex. Angus has a lot of energy -- he is always horsing around with his foster brothers and sister.

Ex. Rather than spend the money on the navy we could stop mucking about with wind farms and build more proper power stations.

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* tontear con = mess with, fool around with.

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verbo intransitivo

a) (hacer el tonto) to play the fool; (decir tonterías) to talk nonsense

b) (flirtear) to fool around (colloq)

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= fool around, horse around/about, muck around/about.

Ex: For those professional fools, the clowns, fooling around is serious business.

Ex: Angus has a lot of energy -- he is always horsing around with his foster brothers and sister.

Ex: Rather than spend the money on the navy we could stop mucking about with wind farms and build more proper power stations.

* tontear con = mess with, fool around with.

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tontear [A1 ]

vi

1 (hacer el tonto) to play the fool, mess around; (decir tonterías) to talk nonsense

2 (flirtear) to fool around (colloq), to flirt

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tontear (conjugate tontear) verbo intransitivo

a) (hacer el tonto) to play the fool;

(decir tonterías) to talk nonsense

b) (flirtear) to fool around (colloq)

tontear verbo intransitivo
1 (hacer tonterías) to play the fool, to fool about
2 (coquetear) to flirt
'tontear' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
lesear
- monerías
English:
cavort

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tontear vi

1. [hacer el tonto] to fool about

2. [coquetear]

tontear (con alguien) to flirt (with sb)

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tontear

v/i fam

1 (hacer el tonto) act the fool

2 (coquetear) flirt

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tontear vi

1) : to fool around, to play the fool

2) : to flirt