Translation for "tantear" to english
Translation examples
verb
No tenía ni idea de qué razón podía ser... pero agarré un palo y empecé a tantear para intentar averiguarla.
I didn't have any idea what the reason could be... but I picked up a stick and began probing to try and find out.
¿Y si mandamos... un pelotón para tantear por el camino?
Now, supposing... supposing we send a platoon to probe right down the road here.
Cojan un cuchillo o la bayoneta y comiencen a tantear a su alrededor.
Get a knife or a bayonet and start probing around you.
El humano empezó a tantear con cuidado la zona lesionada.
The human began to gently probe the injured area.
Stel se quitó los guantes y empezó a tantear el cristal.
Stel removed his gloves and began probing at the crystal.
Al tantear con el pie, Cole no sintió más que aire vacío.
Probing ahead with his foot, Cole felt nothing but empty air.
Si se' os envía a Kodiak tendréis que tantear el terreno, en todas direcciones.
If you're sent to Kodiak, you're to probe outward in all directions.
Este ataque fue una prueba para tantear con qué facilidad podría destruirse uno de nuestros templos.
This attack was a probe, to see how easy it would be to destroy one of our temples.
Es un método extremadamente delicado para tantear un campo gravitatorio y funciona como un amuleto.
It is an extremely delicate method for probing a gravitational field and it worked like a charm.
Me maravilla este tantear cuidadoso del Domo, sobre todo porque en su caso no parecen darse inclinaciones estéticas.
In the Domo, such probing is astonishing in that he offers no hint of aesthetic inclinations.
—Anímate —le dije, cuando me pidieron que lo tanteara e interviniera como una hermana mayor—.
‘Cheer up,’ I told him, when I was asked to probe and intervene like a big sister.
Tenía que moverse muy despacio y tantear el aire con la pistola por si había alambre de cuchillas.
He had to move slowly, probing the air with his pistol to test for razor wire.
verb
La Luz es débil, todos los asquerosos hambrientos están saliendo del armario intentando tantear el terreno.
The Light is weak, all the hungry nasties are coming out of the woodwork trying to test the waters.
Entiendo que debes tratar de tantear a tu padre para que no te de un 'a mazz'... ya sabes, por interferir.
I understand you got to try to feel out your old man so he don't give you 'a mazz'... you know, for sticking your nose in.
Te conviertes en parte de algo, o solo intentas tantear tu camino hacia algo con fuerza.
You're becoming a part of something, or you're just trying to grope your way through something with just strength.
Charlie, intentamos enseñar a los niños a no tantear.
Charlie, we are trying to teach the kids not to keep score.
Lo voy a tantear, intentar aprender lo más que pueda de él y trabajármelo como lo he estado haciendo con todos en mi última tribu.
Home, i'll feel him out, try learn as much as possible and Learn as much as possible and work them like i've been working Work them like i've been working everybody on my last tribe.
Finalmente se decidió a tantear el camino como un viejo experto.
An old hand at this game, he finally decided to try his luck.
Agité las manos, tratando de tantear la puerta del retrete.
I swept my hands in front of me, trying to feel the bathroom stall door.
Oí tantear su llave, y salté a abrir el cerrojo interior.
Come in, come in!' I heard her try her key, then I jumped to turn back the bolt.
Su primer impulso será iniciar el diálogo, tantear el terreno por la vía de los contactos comerciales.
Their first instinct will be to get a dialogue going, try to do a little business.
Solo había tratado de tantear un camino para sortear el bloqueo que se había interpuesto en su carrera.
He had only been trying to feet a way around the block that had dropped into his path.
verb
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