mess around

mess around
BrE also mess about (colloq)
1) v + adv
a) (misbehave) \<\<children\>\> hacer* travesuras, tontear

she found out he'd been messing around — descubrió que había tenido líos or enredos con otras

he started messing around with drugs — empezó a meterse con drogas

b) (fiddle, waste time)

he enjoys messing around in boats — le gusta entretenerse or pasar el tiempo navegando

she didn't mess around: she told him straight out — no se anduvo con vueltas; se lo dijo sin más (fam)

c) (interfere)

to mess around (with something/somebody): stop messing around with my things! deja mis cosas tranquilas!; don't mess around with me — no juegues conmigo, no me tomes el pelo (fam)

2) v + o + adv (BrE)
a) (treat inconsiderately)

don't mess me around: are you going to come or not? — no me fastidies or decídete de una vez ¿vienes o no? (fam)

b) (muddle) armar un lío con (fam)
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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?

* * *
BrE also mess about (colloq)
1) v + adv
a) (misbehave) \<\<children\>\> hacer* travesuras, tontear

she found out he'd been messing around — descubrió que había tenido líos or enredos con otras

he started messing around with drugs — empezó a meterse con drogas

b) (fiddle, waste time)

he enjoys messing around in boats — le gusta entretenerse or pasar el tiempo navegando

she didn't mess around: she told him straight out — no se anduvo con vueltas; se lo dijo sin más (fam)

c) (interfere)

to mess around (with something/somebody): stop messing around with my things! deja mis cosas tranquilas!; don't mess around with me — no juegues conmigo, no me tomes el pelo (fam)

2) v + o + adv (BrE)
a) (treat inconsiderately)

don't mess me around: are you going to come or not? — no me fastidies or decídete de una vez ¿vienes o no? (fam)

b) (muddle) armar un lío con (fam)

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