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
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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
Collins Complete Spanish Electronic Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers 2011
Verb Conjugation for "ingeniar"
| Presente | Pretérito | Imperfect | Futuro | Subjuntivo | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yo | ingenio | ingenié | ingeniaba | ingeniaré | ingenie |
| Tú | 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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