ingenio

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ingenio

masculine noun

1. ingenuity (inteligencia)

2. wit, wittiness (agudeza)

3. device (máquina)

ingenio [in-hay’-ne-o]

noun

1. Genius, talent (talento), skill, cleverness, creative ability. (m)

2. Ingenuity (inventiva). (m)

3. Engine, any mechanical complication in which various movements and parts concur to one effect. (m)

4. Clever person, talented person (persona). (m)

ingenio

1 (inventiva) ingenuity; inventiveness; (talento) talent; (gracia) wit

aguzar el ingenio to sharpen one's wits

2 (persona) wit

un ingenio de aquella villa acuñó el pareado más certero

3 (Mecánica) apparatus; device; (Mil) device

ingenio nuclear nuclear device

4 (fábrica) mill; plant

ingenio azucarero ingenio de azúcar sugar mill; sugar refinery

5 (And) [de acero] steel works; (fundición) foundry

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