ingenio
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See also: ingenió
Latin
[edit]Noun
[edit]ingeniō
Spanish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Borrowed from Latin ingenium, replacing native engeño, from Old Spanish engenno.
Noun
[edit]ingenio m (plural ingenios)
- genius, wit (faculty to reason and invent quickly)
- intuition, creative faculty
- skill, cleverness
- sense of humor
- machine, device
- war machine
- mill, esp. a sugar mill
- instrument used by bookbinders to cut the edge of books
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- → Catalan: ingeni
Etymology 2
[edit]Verb
[edit]ingenio
Further reading
[edit]- “ingenio”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28
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