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Meaning of potinejar | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B2
[pu.ti.nəˈʒa]

Definitions

  1. to fiddle with, to muck about with
    Balearic, Central, Valencia, transitive
  2. to bungle, to botch, to make a hash of
    Balearic, Central, Valencia, transitive
  3. to muck about
    Balearic, Central, Valencia, intransitive

Equivalents

English Botch

Examples

“Curiosament, però, l'escola sempre acaba essent l'objecte de tots els intents possibles per potinejar-la, per malmenar-la, per qüestionar-la.”
“El conseller d'Economia, Antoni Castells, va destacar ahir que fins ara els partits s'han mantingut al marge del procés de fusió de caixes d'estalvis a Catalunya i ha apel·lat les formacions catalanes a continuar sense "potinejar" en aquest assumpte.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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