by hand | Idiomator

Meaning: (idiomatic)Manually; without the use ofautomationormachines.The computers went down and they had to do all the bookkeepingby handthat day.2020November 11, Veronica Stracqualursi, “Georgia to conduct full by-hand count of presidential race ballots, secretary of state says”, inCNN‎[1]:Georgia’s secretary of state announced Wednesday that the state will conduct an audit of the 2020 presidential race, recountingby handthe millions of ballots cast in the state, where President-elect Joe Biden is leading.“With the margin being so close, it will require a fullby handrecount in each county,” Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, a Republican, said at a news conference in Atlanta. “This will help build confidence.”2025July 27, Kathleen Magramo, “The game is almost over for one of Hong Kong’s last mahjong carvers”, inCNN‎[2]:A full set costs $245 and takes around 10 to 14 days to makeby hand.; (of raising a child)Withoutsucklingit.to bring up an infantby hand1908,L. M. Montgomery,Anne of Green Gables:That left me an orphan and folks were at their wits’ end, so Mrs. Thomas said, what to do with me. [...] Finally Mrs. Thomas said she’d take me, though she was poor and had a drunken husband. She brought me upby hand. Do you know if there is anything in being brought upby handthat ought to make people who are brought up that way better than other people? Because whenever I was naughty Mrs. Thomas would ask me how I could be such a bad girl when she had brought me upby hand--reproachful-like.

Examples:

EN: I have another building Not made by hand, I know
ES: Tengo otro edificio No hecho con las manos, lo sé
EN: I know I have another building A building not made by hand
ES: Sé que tengo otro edificio Un edificio no hecho con las manos
ES: Sé que tengo otro edificio Un edificio no hecho con las manos
EN: I know I have another building Not made by hand, I know
ES: Sé que tengo otro edificio No hecho con las manos, lo sé
EN: Do you have the sun cream by hand?
ES: ¿Tiene la crema para el sol a mano?
EN: It's just been delivered by hand.
ES: Acaban de entregarla en mano.
EN: All done by hand.
ES: Todo a mano. Todo a mano.
EN: When I am ready, your orders will be delivered by hand.
ES: Cuando esté listo, tus pedidos se te entregarán en mano.
EN: He used to feed a fish, a big catfish, by hand.
ES: Alimentaba a un pez, un gran bagre, con la mano.
EN: It's written out by hand.
ES: - Está escrito a mano.
EN: Send these flowers by hand to my house.
ES: Envíe estas flores a mi casa.
EN: - You have to open it by hand.
ES: - Hay que abrirla a mano.
EN: - I brought these up by hand.
ES: - Los cultivé con mis manos.
EN: They would never have that list if I had washed my clothes by hand.
ES: Nunca tendrían esa lista si yo hubiera lavado mi ropa a mano.
EN: I designed and painted it by hand.
ES: Lo he dibujado y pintado a mano...
EN: - ... to be delivered by hand.
ES: - ... para entregar en mano.

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