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muck about

Principal Translations
Inglés		Español
muck about, muck around vi phrasal	UK, slang (behave in a frivolous way) (coloquial)	hacer el payaso, hacer el tonto loc verb
		payasear⇒, tontear⇒ vi
	Stop mucking about and get to work.
	Deja de hacer el payaso (or: hacer en tonto) y ponte a trabajar.
muck about with [sb/sth], muck around with [sb/sth] vi phrasal + prep	UK, slang (waste time on)	perder tiempo con loc verb
		tontear con vi + prep
	I've spent an hour mucking about with passwords and haven't even managed to log into the website yet!
	¡Llevo una hora perdiendo el tiempo con las contraseñas y sigo sin lograr siquiera entrar al sitio web!
muck [sb] about, muck [sb] around vtr phrasal sep	UK, slang (be inconsiderate)	tomarle el pelo a loc verb + prep
		tratar como a un tonto vtr + loc adv
		burlarse de v prnl + prep
	I wish you wouldn't muck me about like this. Why do you always cancel at the last minute?
	Me gustaría que no me tomaras el pelo así. ¿Por qué siempre cancelas los planes a último momento?
	Me gustaría que dejaras de tratarme como a una tonta. ¿Por qué siempre cancelas los planes a último momento?

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