mess about

mess about
mess about vb
1. hacer tonterías / hacer el indio
stop messing about! ¡deja de hacer tonterías!
2. pasar el rato / entretenerse
he likes to mess about in the garden le gusta entretenerse en el jardín
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1.
VT + ADV
(Brit)

all they do is mess me about, they won't give me a straight answer — no hacen más que jugar conmigo, no me dan una respuesta concreta

they were messing me about so much over the dates that I told them to forget it — me querían cambiar las fechas tantas veces que les dije que se olvidaran del asunto

2.
VI + ADV (=play the fool) hacer tonterías; (=do nothing in particular) pasar el rato, gandulear; (=waste time) perder el tiempo

"what are you doing?" - "just messing about" — -¿qué haces? -nada, pasando el rato

we messed about in Paris for two days — pasamos dos días en París haciendo esto y lo otro

he enjoys messing about in boats — le gusta entretenerse con las barcas

she's not one to mess about, she gets on with the job — no es de las que pierde el tiempo, saca el trabajo adelante

I don't want him messing about here — no le quiero fisgoneando por aquí

stop messing about! — ¡déjate de tonterías!

to mess about with sb, he isn't the kind of guy you mess about with — no es de los que se deja enredar or tomar el pelo

he messed about with some lads from college for a while — salió con unos tíos de la universidad durante un tiempo

she'd been messing about with other men — había estado liada con otros hombres *

to mess about with sth, he was messing about with his watchstrap — estaba jugueteando con la correa del reloj

who's been messing about with the video? — ¿quién ha estado manoseando or toqueteando el vídeo?


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