tinker russian

• вози́ться

  to tinker (with), to fiddle (with), to potter about, to busy oneself

  to mess around (with), to take ages (over), to struggle (with)

• ковыря́ть

  to peck, to pick, to tinker

• колдова́ть

  to practise witchcraft, to do magic, to conjure

  to tinker (over something), to fuss (over something), to concoct

• пая́льщик

  tinman, tinsmith, tinker

• порта́ч

  bungler, tinker

• порта́чить

  to bungle, to tinker

• хими́чить

  to cheat, to fiddle, to play tricks, to swindle

  to tinker, to concoct, to contrive, to experiment

• поде́лывать

  to do from time to time, to dabble in, to tinker with, to do occasionally

• возня́

  fuss, bother, hassle, trouble

  scuffling, romping, noise, racket

  tinkering, fiddling, messing about

  intrigues, machinations, petty scheming

• возя́щийся

  fussing, messing around, tinkering, pottering

• вози́вшийся

  fussing, tinkering, pottering, busying oneself

• ковыря́ющий

  picking, poking, prodding, tinkering

• ковыря́ющийся

  picking, fiddling, tinkering, poking around

• мастеря́щий

  crafting, making, tinkering, who is crafting

• повози́вшийся

  who has fussed (with), who has tinkered (with), who has bothered (with)

• поковыря́вший

  having poked, having picked, having tinkered, having fiddled

• химичащий

  experimenting (with chemicals), doing chemistry, tinkering (with chemicals)

• ковыря́вший

  picking, poking, prodding

  fiddling with, tinkering with, messing with, digging (lightly)

Examples

• Мой оте́ц лю́бит вози́ться в гараже́.

  My father loves doing some tinkering in the garage.

• Он часами колдовал над старым мотоциклом.

  He spent hours tinkering with the old motorcycle.

• Он повозился в гараже и вернулся весь в масле.

  He tinkered around in the garage and came back covered in oil.

• Он немного поковырял в старом моторе.

  He tinkered a little with the old engine.

• Он любит кустарничать по вечерам в гараже.

  He likes tinkering in the garage in the evenings.

• Он критиковал их подход как чистое кустарничество.

  He criticized their approach as nothing but amateurish tinkering.

• Механик, ковыряющийся в моторе, попросил у меня отвёртку.

  The mechanic tinkering with the engine asked me for a screwdriver.

• Мы видели парня, ковырявшегося в старом компьютере.

  We saw a guy tinkering with an old computer.

• Механик, ковырявшийся в двигателе целый час, устал.

  The mechanic, who had been tinkering with the engine for an hour, was tired.

• Повозившийся с машиной механик наконец завел мотор.

  The mechanic, who had tinkered with the car, finally got the engine started.

• Мальчик, химичащий что-то в подвале, всех пугал запахом.

  The boy tinkering with something in the basement scared everyone with the smell.