WordReference English-Swedish Dictionary © 2025:
Huvudsakliga översättningar |
fiddling n | (playing around with [sth]) (vardagligt) | fibblande s |
| Stop your fiddling with that thing and get to work! |
fiddling n | (playing the violin) | fiolspelande s |
| Susan is good at fiddling and dancing. |
WordReference English-Swedish Dictionary © 2025:
Huvudsakliga översättningar |
fiddle n | (violin used in folk music) | fiol s |
| Zoe played the fiddle at the festival. |
a fiddle n | UK, informal (fraud) | ett bedrägeri s |
| | ett lurendrejeri s |
| The boss fired three of his employees when he discovered they were involved in a fiddle. |
fiddle⇒ vi | (folk music: play a violin) | spela fiol vitr |
| Dan liked to sit under a tree and fiddle instead of working. |
fiddle [sth]⇒ vtr | UK, informal (cheat, falsify) | fiffla med ngt vtr partikel oskj |
| | mygla vtr |
| | fuska med ngt vtr partikel oskj |
| As more details of the expenses scandal emerged, the public began to think all politicians were fiddling the system. |
fiddle with [sth] vi + prep | (play absent-mindedly with) | fingra på ngt vitr + prep |
| | leka med ngt vitr + prep |
| Please stop fiddling with your hair! |
fiddle⇒ vi | (tinker, tamper with [sth]) (vardaglig) | pyssla vitr |
| (informell) | knåpa, joxa, greja vitr |
| The artist decided it was time to put her paintbrush down and stop fiddling. |
fiddle with [sth] vi + prep | informal (tinker with, alter) (vardagligt) | mixtra med ngt vitr + prep |
| | pilla med ngt vitr + prep |
| John loved to fiddle with old cars, but never actually fixed them up. |