ingenio

See also: ingenió

Latin

Noun

ingeniō

1. dative/ablative singular of ingenium

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /inˈxenjo/ [ĩŋˈxe.njo]
• Rhymes: -enjo
• Syllabification: in‧ge‧nio

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin ingenium, replacing native engeño, from Old Spanish engenno.

Noun

ingenio m (plural ingenios)

1. genius, wit (faculty to reason and invent quickly)
2. intuition, creative faculty
3. skill, cleverness
4. sense of humor
5. machine, device
6. war machine
7. mill, esp. a sugar mill
8. instrument used by bookbinders to cut the edge of books

Derived terms

• cuaba de ingenio
• ingenio azucarero
• ingenio de azúcar

 

Related terms

• ingeniar
• ingeniero
• ingenioso

 

Descendants

• → Catalan: ingeni

Etymology 2

Verb

ingenio

1. first-person singular present indicative of ingeniar

Further reading

• “ingenio”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014