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feel around
Language:
Meanings:
1.
general
informal
neutral
To search by touch; to grope or explore an area with one's hands in order to locate something.
2.
general
informal
idiomatic
To make tentative or exploratory inquiries or efforts to discover information or options, often without revealing a full or direct search.
Examples:
EN:
- Well, feel around there.
ES:
- Palpa por ahí.
EN:
Maybe for months, thinking how that rope'll feel around your neck.
ES:
Quizá meses, imaginando cómo se siente la cuerda en el cuello.
EN:
Funny. That's how I feel around you.
ES:
Esa impresión la tengo yo a tu lado.
EN:
Uh, Grandpa, I'll feel around for the light switch.
ES:
Trataré de encontrar el interruptor de la luz.
EN:
Check, feel around, see if anything's missing.
ES:
Revise, toque, a ver si falta algo.
EN:
You feel around your cheeks the caress of a kiss.
ES:
- ¿Quién es? - Adivina. Es tu chico, no yo.
EN:
I gotta feel around here.
ES:
Debo ser cuidadoso.
EN:
And how you wake at night and feel around for her... hoping that's she's all right, and then she's not even there.
ES:
Y cómo una se despierta de noche, buscándola... esperando que ella esté bien, y se da cuenta de que no está allí.
EN:
And in the dark, we feel around her skirts
ES:
Y en la oscuridad, sentimos sus faldas.
EN:
Jim Bob, what do you reckon we'd find... if you was to reach in under that seat and feel around a little?
ES:
Jim Bob, ¿qué crees que encontraríamos... si tocaras un poco debajo el asiento?
EN:
feel around and you will find a-- you will find a little knob.
ES:
Vaya palpando y encontrará un encontrará un pequeño botón.
EN:
They told us to feel around, and see what's happening.
ES:
Nos dijeron que palpáramos y viéramos qué pasaba.
EN:
Hell, feel around.
ES:
Rayos, rescátenlo.
EN:
You don't have to be a magician. When you have the amulet in hand, feel around the rim.
ES:
No es necesario ser mago, cuando tenga el amuleto en la mano, pase el dedo por el borde.
EN:
Open the hatch and feel around inside for a handle. lt's shaped like a stirrup.
ES:
Abre la portezuela y busca un tirador. Tiene forma de estribo.
EN:
- Well, feel around there.
ES:
- Palpa por ahí.
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