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ingeniar

ingeniar
transitive verb
1. to invent, to devise
ingeniarse
pronomial verb
also:
  • ingeniárselas -> to manage, to engineer it
  • no sé cómo se las ingenia, pero siempre gana él -> I don't know how he does it, but he always wins
  • ingeniárselas para hacer algo -> to manage o contrive to do something
  • se las ingenió para no tener que lavar los platos -> she managed to wangle her way out of doing the dishes

ingeniar [in-hay-ne-ar’]
article & verb transitive
1. To conceive, to contrive, to strike out.
verb reflexive
2. To work in the mind, to endeavor to find out, to try by all means to obtain or do something; to manage skillfully.
  • Ingeniarse con algo -> to manage with something

ingeniar
verbo:transitivo
to devise; think up
verbo:pronominal
ingeniarse
ingeniarse con algo to manage with sth; make do with sth; ingeniárselas para hacer algo to manage to do sth

Verb Conjugation for "ingeniar"

Presente Pretérito Imperfect Futuro Subjuntivo
Yo ingenio ingenié ingeniaba ingeniaré ingenie
ingenias ingeniaste ingeniabas ingeniarás ingenies
Ella/Él/Usted ingenia ingenió ingeniaba ingeniará ingenie
Nosotros ingeniamos ingeniamos ingeniábamos ingeniaremos ingeniemos
Vosotros ingeniáis ingeniasteis ingeniabais ingeniaréis ingeniéis
Ellos/Ustedes ingenian ingeniaron ingeniaban ingeniarán ingenien
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