fool around

English

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Verb

fool around (third-person singular simple present fools around, present participle fooling around, simple past and past participle fooled around)

(intransitive, idiomatic) To engage in frivolous behaviour; to monkey around.
(intransitive) To waste time.
(intransitive, informal, idiomatic) To engage in casual or flirtatious sexual acts.
Jake has been fooling around with a married woman.
(intransitive, informal) To engage in adultery; to play around.

Translations

to engage in frivolous behaviour; to monkey around (idiomatic)

Chinese:
Mandarin: 鬼混 (zh) (guǐhùn)

Xiang: 亂它／乱它 (lonn⁵ do²), 希望 (lonn⁵ do²)
Danish: tosse rundt
Finnish: hölmöillä (fi)
French: faire l’imbécile (fr), flâner (fr)
German: herumalbern (de)
Japanese: ふざける (ja) (fuzakeru)
Latin: dēsipiō
Maori: whakarunaruna, porohīanga
Polish: wygłupiać się (pl)
Portuguese: molestar (pt), encher o saco (pt)
Russian: валя́ть дурака́ (ru) (valjátʹ duraká) (lit.: "to roll a fool"), дура́читься (ru) (duráčitʹsja)

to behave in a thoughtless or irresponsible way

Maori: mākahi

to waste time

French: traînailler (fr), se la couler douce (fr), flâner (fr)
Spanish: pelar la pava (es) (Spain, colloquial)

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