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trifle

/ˈtɹaɪfəl/ verbo C2

En español: tratar a la ligera

  1. To deal with something as if it were of little importance or worth. (intransitive) · You must not trifle with her affections.
  2. To act, speak, or otherwise behave with jest. (intransitive)
  3. To inconsequentially toy with something. (intransitive)
  4. To squander or waste. (transitive)

He/she/it trifles · Pasado trifled · Participio pasado trifled · Forma en -ing trifling

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De la biblioteca

With the exception of these trifling frictions, work in Miss Stacy’s little kingdom went on with regularity and smoothness.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 201 · C1
People do not die of little trifling colds.
Pride and Prejudice, p. 34 · B2
Bennet accepted the challenge, observing that he acted very wisely in leaving the girls to their own trifling amusements.
Pride and Prejudice, p. 76 · B2
Philips began to express her concern thereupon, he assured her, with much earnest gravity, that it was not of the least importance; that he considered the money as a mere trifle, and begged she would not make herself uneasy.
Pride and Prejudice, p. 93 · B2

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