contrive

contrive
[kənˈtraɪv]
verbo transitivo
1idear, inventar (device, scheme)
  • to contrive to do something -> arreglárselas or ingeniárselas para hacer algo

contrive [kon-traiv]
1Idear, inventar, imaginar, discurrir medios para el logro de algún intento, darse maña.
2Maquinar, tramar.
verbo neutro (intransitivo)
3Trazar, delinear, concertar, buscar un medio, maquinar. (n)
va.

contrive [kənˈtraɪv]
verb:transitive
[+plan, scheme] inventar; idear
to contrive a means of doing sth inventar una manera de hacer algo
verb:intransitive
to contrive to do (manage, arrange) lograr hacer; (try) procurar hacer

Verb Conjugation for "contrive"

Imperative
  • contrive
  • you contrive
  • he/she contrives
  • we contrive
  • you contrive
  • they contrive
Preterite
  • I contrived
  • you contrived
  • he/she contrived
  • we contrived
  • you contrived
  • they contrived
Present Continuous
  • I am contriving
  • you are contriving
  • he/she is contriving
  • we are contriving
  • you are contriving
  • they are contriving
Present Perfect
  • I have contrived
  • you have contrived
  • he/she has contrived
  • we have contrived
  • you have contrived
  • they have contrived
Past Continuous
  • I was contriving
  • you were contriving
  • he/she was contriving
  • we were contriving
  • you were contriving
  • they were contriving
Past Perfect
  • I had contrived
  • you had contrived
  • he/she had contrived
  • we had contrived
  • you had contrived
  • they had contrived
Future
  • I will contrive
  • you will contrive
  • he/she will contrive
  • we will contrive
  • you will contrive
  • they will contrive
Future Perfect
  • I will have contrived
  • you will have contrived
  • he/she will have contrived
  • we will have contrived
  • you will have contrived
  • they will have contrived
Future Continuous
  • I will be contriving
  • you will be contriving
  • he/she will be contriving
  • we will be contriving
  • you will be contriving
  • they will be contriving
Present Perfect Continuous
  • I have been contriving
  • you have been contriving
  • he/she has been contriving
  • we have been contriving
  • you have been contriving
  • they have been contriving
Future Perfect Continuous
  • I will have been contriving
  • you will have been contriving
  • he/she will have been contriving
  • we will have been contriving
  • you will have been contriving
  • they will have been contriving
Past Perfect Continuous
  • I had been contriving
  • you had been contriving
  • he/she had been contriving
  • we had been contriving
  • you had been contriving
  • they had been contriving