artificio

artificio
masculine noun
1device (aparato)
2artifice (falsedad); trick (artimaña)
  • artificios contables (finance) -> creative accounting

artificio [ar-te-fee’-the-o]
noun
1Art with which a thing is performed, workmanship, craft. (m)
2Artifice, cunning, trick, guilefulness, contrivance, finesse, craft, fraud. (Metaphorical) (m)
3Machine which facilitates the exercise of some art. (m)

artificio
sustantivo:masculino
1 (arte) art; craft; (truco) artifice; (astucia) cunning; sly trick
2 (aparato) device; appliance
3 (hechura) workmanship; craftsmanship