tiento

m.

1 care (cuidado).

2 white stick.

3 balancing pole.

4 tactfulness, good aim.

pres.indicat.

1^st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: tentar.

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tiento

► nombre masculino

1 (tacto) tact, feel

2 (prudencia) caution

3 (de ciego) stick

4 (pulso) steady hand

5 familiar (trago) swig

6 MÚSICA preliminary notes plural

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FRASEOLOGÍA

con tiento tactfully

dar un tiento a la botella / echar un tiento a la botella familiar to take a swig from the bottle

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SM

1) (=diplomacia) tact; (=prudencia) care; (=cautela) wariness, circumspection

ir con tiento — to go carefully

2) (=toque) feel(ing), touch

a tiento — (=por el tacto) by touch; (=con inseguridad) uncertainly

perder el tiento — to lose one's touch

a 40 dólares nadie le echó un tiento — at 40 dollars nobody was biting, at 40 dollars he didn't get a tickle *

3) * (=propuesta) pass *

echar un tiento a una chica — to make a pass at a girl, try it on with a girl *

4) (=buen pulso) steadiness of hand, steady hand

5) * (=trago) swig *

dar un tiento — to take a swig (a from)

6) (Zool) feeler, tentacle

7) (=palo) (Circo) balancing pole; [de ciego] blind man's stick

8) * (=puñetazo) blow, punch

dar tientos a algn — to hit sb

9) Cono Sur (=tira) thong of raw leather, rawhide strap

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masculino

1) (tacto, cuidado) tact, care

andarse con tiento — to tread carefully

2) (afinación) tuning up

3) (Esp)

darle un tiento a algo — (tocar) <aguacate/melón> to feel; (probar) <vino> to take a swig of; <arroz/guiso> to taste

4) (Méx) (Equ) tether

está/estaba con la vida en un tiento — (Méx) his life hangs/hung by a thread

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masculino

1) (tacto, cuidado) tact, care

andarse con tiento — to tread carefully

2) (afinación) tuning up

3) (Esp)

darle un tiento a algo — (tocar) <aguacate/melón> to feel; (probar) <vino> to take a swig of; <arroz/guiso> to taste

4) (Méx) (Equ) tether

está/estaba con la vida en un tiento — (Méx) his life hangs/hung by a thread

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tiento

masculine

A (tacto, cuidado) tact, care

tenemos que andarnos con tiento we have to tread carefully o be tactful

B (afinación) tuning up

C (Esp) (para probar) touch, feel

darle un tiento a algo ‹aguacate/melón› to feel, prod;

‹vino› to take a swig of; ‹arroz› to taste

D (Esp fam) (toqueteo) grope (colloq), feeling up (AmE colloq), touching up (BrE colloq)

el tío me metió/dio un tiento the guy felt me up o touched me up o groped me (colloq)

E

1 (CS) (tira de cuero) leather thong

2 (Méx) (Equ) tether

está/estaba con la vida en un tiento (Méx); his life is/was in great danger, his life hangs/hung by a thread

F tientos mpl (cante andaluz) Flamenco song/dance

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Del verbo tentar: (conjugate tentar)

tiento es:

1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

Multiple Entries:
tentar    
tiento
tentar (conjugate tentar) verbo transitivo
1 (atraer, seducir) [plan/idea] to tempt;
[persona] to tempt;

◊ me tienta tu propuesta I am very tempted by your proposal;

estuve tentado de decírselo I was tempted to tell him;
tiento a algn a hacer algo to tempt sb to do sth
2 (probar)

a) ‹cuerda/tabla› to test

b) (palpar) to feel

tentar verbo transitivo
1 (incitar) to tempt: estoy tentado a decírselo, I'm tempted to tell him
me tienta la idea, I find the idea very tempting
2 (palpar con las manos) to feel, touch
tiento sustantivo masculino tact, care
ir con tiento, to go carefully
'tiento' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
tacto
English:
pussyfoot

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tiento

♦ ver tentar

♦ nm

1. [cuidado] care;

[en el trato con la gente] tact;

puedes decírselo, pero hay que ir con tiento you can tell him, but watch o be careful how you do it

2. [prueba]

dar un tiento a algo to try sth;

dio un tiento a la botella he took a swig from the bottle

3. [de ciego] white stick

4. [de equilibrista] balancing pole

5. CSur [correa] leather strip

6. [en flamenco] = variety of flamenco music and dance

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tiento

m

:

con tiento fig carefully