ingenuity
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ingenuity(
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)A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
1. (general)
a. el ingenio (M)
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
Human ingenuity has brought us the wonders of space travel and computers.El ingenio humano hizo posibles esas maravillas que son los viajes espaciales y las computadoras.
b. la inventiva (F)
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
The winning design was chosen for its ingenuity and imagination.Seleccionamos el diseño ganador por la inventiva e imaginación que pone de manifiesto.
c. la ingeniosidad (F)
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
She showed great ingenuity in being able to survive for five weeks before she was rescued.Dio muestras de una gran ingeniosidad al ser capaz de sobrevivir esas cinco semanas hasta que fue rescatada.
d. lo ingenioso
You have to admire the ingenuity of the system they've devised for monitoring livestock.Es de admirar lo ingenioso del sistema que idearon para monitorizar el ganado.
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