Meanings (ES + gloss)
chapotear
To cause splashing by moving a body part like a bill or limb in soft mud, water, etc., often playfully; to play in shallow water; to paddle.
The children sat on the dock and dabbled their feet in the water.
The modern masters promise very little; they know that metals cannot be transmuted, and that the elixir of life is a chimera. But these philosophers, whose hands seem only made to…
aventurarse en • diletar • escarcear • experimentar con • incursionar en
To participate or have an interest in an activity in a casual or superficial way.
As a parish priest in England he had dabbled in the black arts, seduced a number of his congregation from their faith and finally celebrated the Black Mass.
She’s an actress by trade, but has been known to dabble in poetry.