wit

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wit
[wɪt]
sustantivo
1inteligencia (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
2ingenio (m) agudeza (f) (humor)
3ingenioso(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
1Inteligencia (intelligence), rasgo de ingenio, agudeza, dicho agudo, asociación de ideas que causa pasmo; sal.
2Ingenio, el sujeto de mucha viveza de imaginación.
3Entendimiento, ingenio; viveza de imaginación o fantasía; seso.
4Juicio, 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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wit [wɪt]
noun
1 (understanding) inteligencia; (f)
he hadn't the wit to see that ...
a battle of witsbattle una contienda entre dos inteligencias
to collect one's witscollect reconcentrarse
to be at one's wits' endend no saber qué hacer; estar desesperado
to gather one's witsgather reconcentrarse
to have keep one's wits about onehaveorkeep no perder la cabeza
he hadn't the wit to see that ... no tenía bastante inteligencia para comprender que ...
to live by one's witslive vivir del cuento
to be out of one's witsout estar fuera de sí
to be frightened scared out of one's witsor estar profundamente asustado
to sharpen one's witssharpen aguzar el ingenio; despabilarse
to use one's witsuse usar su sentido común
2 (humour, wittiness) ingenio; (m) agudeza; (f)
in a flash of wit he said ...flash en un golpe de ingenio dijo ...
to have a ready witready ser ingenioso
the wit and wisdom of Joe Soapwisdom las agudezas y sabiduría de Joe Soap
a story told without witwithout un cuento narrado sin gracia
3 (person) persona ingeniosa; (f) (Hist) ingenio; (m)
an Elizabethan wit un ingenio de la época isabelina
wit [wɪt]
noun
(formal) also (Jur)
to wit ... a saber ...; esto es ...

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Verb Conjugation for "wit"

Imperative
  • wit
  • you wit
  • he/she wits
  • we wit
  • you wit
  • they wit
Preterite
  • I witting
  • you witting
  • he/she witting
  • we witting
  • you witting
  • they witting
Present Continuous
  • I am wot
  • you are wot
  • he/she is wot
  • we are wot
  • you are wot
  • they are wot
Present Perfect
  • I have wist
  • you have wist
  • he/she has wist
  • we have wist
  • you have wist
  • they have wist
Past Continuous
  • I was wot
  • you were wot
  • he/she was wot
  • we were wot
  • you were wot
  • they were wot
Past Perfect
  • I had wist
  • you had wist
  • he/she had wist
  • we had wist
  • you had wist
  • they had wist
Future
  • I will wit
  • you will wit
  • he/she will wit
  • we will wit
  • you will wit
  • they will wit
Future Perfect
  • I will have wist
  • you will have wist
  • he/she will have wist
  • we will have wist
  • you will have wist
  • they will have wist
Future Continuous
  • I will be wot
  • you will be wot
  • he/she will be wot
  • we will be wot
  • you will be wot
  • they will be wot
Present Perfect Continuous
  • I have been wot
  • you have been wot
  • he/she has been wot
  • we have been wot
  • you have been wot
  • they have been wot
Future Perfect Continuous
  • I will have been wot
  • you will have been wot
  • he/she will have been wot
  • we will have been wot
  • you will have been wot
  • they will have been wot
Past Perfect Continuous
  • I had been wot
  • you had been wot
  • he/she had been wot
  • we had been wot
  • you had been wot
  • they had been wot
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