Fiddle

[poli]

Originally Posted by sosia

I would translate then "to fiddle" as "trastear" or "juguetear" or "toquitear" (from tocar)
or "enredar"
I don't think we have a difference between "to fiddle" or "to play a violin" for us is more "tocar bien/mal el violín"
Sometimes we say "lo ha aprendido de oído" (he has learned it only hearing).
If the player is good is a compliment.
if the player is bad,... is not a compliment

Saludos

Entiendo lo que dices pero existen fiddlers maravillosos. Es que no tocan
música clásica, pero tienen su propio sonido.
Gracias por la palabra trastear.

[Rusty]

Originally Posted by poli

Entiendo lo que dices pero existen fiddlers maravillosos. Es que no tocan
música clásica, pero tienen su propio sonido.
Gracias por la palabra trastear.

Coincido con Poli. Hay fiddlers maravillosos.
We don't use fiddle in a negative way when we're describing a fiddler (violinista). The word just happens to also mean something else. Many English words have two meanings.

[poli]

Sometimes fiddler can be a put down (he's no violinist;he's just a fiddler), and sometimes an understatement(Isaac Stern was quite a fiddler).

This fiddling around with the word fiddler is more complicated that I thought.

[Elaina]

Charlie Daniels.........A GREAT FIDDLER!!

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