ingenio
See also: ingenió
Latin
editNoun
editingeniō
Spanish
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editBorrowed from Latin ingenium, replacing native engeño, from Old Spanish engenno.
Noun
editingenio 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
editRelated terms
editDescendants
edit- → Catalan: ingeni
Etymology 2
editVerb
editingenio
Further reading
edit- “ingenio”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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