ingenio

ingenuity

Noun ingenio m (plural ingenios)

Verb ingenio

Examples

¡He estado manteniendo una batalla de ingenio con un oponente desarmado!

I have been having a battle of wits with an unarmed opponent!

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Su ingenio compensa su falta de experiencia.

Her genius makes up for her lack of experience.

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Su discurso rebosaba de ingenio.

Her speech was full of wit.

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La naturaleza la invistió con ingenio y belleza.

Nature endowed her with wit and beauty.

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El ingenio, la inteligencia y el espíritu de una nación se descubren en sus proverbios.

The genius, wit and spirit of a nation are discovered in its proverbs.

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Esa frase tiene mucho ingenio.

That's a very witty phrase.

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¿Qué es el fracaso sino una humillación si no impulsa el ingenio para superar las viejas barreras?

What is failure but humiliation, when it doesn't inspire the genius to overcome old barriers?

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Lo que le faltaba de ingenio lo compensaba con energía.

What he lacked in wit, he made up for in energy.

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