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wit [wɪt]
sustantivo
1. inteligencia (f) lucidez (f) (intelligence, presence of mind)
- he hasn't the wit to see it -> no tiene la lucidez suficiente para verlo
- to have quick wits -> tener rapidez mental
- to have lost one's wits -> haber perdido la razón
- to have/keep one's wits about one -> ser/estar espabilado(a)
- to be at one's wit's end -> estar al borde de la desesperación
- to live by one's wits -> ser un pícaro
- to scare somebody out of his wits -> dar un susto de muerte a alguien
2. ingenio (m) agudeza (f) (humor)
3. ingenioso(a) (sustantivo masculino o femenino) (witty person)
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wit [uit]
verbo neutro (intransitivo)
1. (pret. WIST) (Ant.) Saber, recibir una noticia. (n)
- To wit -> a saber, es decir
sustantivo
1. Inteligencia (intelligence), rasgo de ingenio, agudeza, dicho agudo, asociación de ideas que causa pasmo; sal.
2. Ingenio, el sujeto de mucha viveza de imaginación.
3. Entendimiento, ingenio; viveza de imaginación o fantasía; seso.
4. Juicio, discurso, prendas, conocimientos, luces.
- Wits -> pl
- The five wits -> los cinco sentidos; también, las facultades intelectuales
- Ready -> genio agudo
- Mother -> sentido común, entendimiento natural
- To be at one’s wit’s end -> estar, hallarse apurado, cortado; sin saber qué dicer; perder la chaveta
- To be out of one’s wits -> estar fuera de juicio o fuera de sí; no saber uno lo que se hace
- To live by his wits -> campar de golondro, vivir de gorra, o de expediente, vivir y campar a costa ajena, ser un estafador o un petardista
- To be thought a -> pasar por hombre de ingenio
- To have one’s wits about one -> conservar uno su presencia de ánimo
V. HUMOR. Juicio, sentido, razón; industria.
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