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ingegno meaning in English

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ingegno noun
{m}

ingenuity(ability to come up with solutions to difficult problems)
noun
[UK: ˌɪn.dʒɪ.ˈnjuːɪ.ti] [US: ˌɪn.dʒə.ˈnuːə.ti]

ingegno vivace noun

wit [wits](intellectual ability)
noun
[UK: wɪt] [US: ˈwɪt]

ingegnosità noun

ingenuity(ability to come up with solutions to difficult problems)
noun
[UK: ˌɪn.dʒɪ.ˈnjuːɪ.ti] [US: ˌɪn.dʒə.ˈnuːə.ti]
I admire their ingenuity. = Ammiro la loro ingegnosità.

ingegnosità noun
{f}

resourcefulness(the ability to cope with situations)
noun
[UK: rɪ.ˈsɔː.sfl̩.nəs] [US: ri.ˈsɔːr.sfl̩.nəs]

ingegnoso adjective

clever [cleverer, cleverest](things showing inventiveness or originality)
adjective
[UK: ˈkle.və(r)] [US: ˈkle.vər]

crafty [craftier, craftiest](dexterous)
adjective
[UK: ˈkrɑːf.ti] [US: ˈkræf.ti]

cunning(skillful)
adjective
[UK: ˈkʌn.ɪŋ] [US: ˈkʌn.ɪŋ]

dexterous(skillful with one's hands)
adjective
[UK: ˈdek.strəs] [US: ˈdek.strəs]

ingenious(displaying genius or brilliance; tending to invent)
adjective
[UK: ɪn.ˈdʒiː.nɪəs] [US: ˌɪn.ˈdʒiː.njəs]
This is very ingenious. = Questo è molto ingegnoso.

witty [wittier, wittiest](clever; amusingly ingenious)
adjective
[UK: ˈwɪ.ti] [US: ˈwɪ.ti]

frutto ingegno noun
{m}

brainchild(creation)
noun
[UK: ˈbreɪn.tʃaɪld] [US: ˈbreɪn.ˌtʃaɪld]

il bisogno aguzza l'ingegno phrase

necessity is the mother of invention(a person in need will find a way)
phrase
[UK: nɪ.ˈse.sɪ.ti ɪz ðə ˈmʌð.ə(r) əv ɪn.ˈven.ʃn̩] [US: nə.ˈse.sə.ti ˈɪz ðə ˈmʌð.r̩ əv ˌɪn.ˈven.ʃn̩]

lesto d'ingegno adjective

quickwitted(mentally keen)
adjective
[UK: ˈkwɪk.ˈwɪ.tɪd] [US: ˈkwɪk.ˈwɪ.tɪd]

marchingegno noun
{m}

contraption [contraptions](complicated and precarious machine)
noun
[UK: kən.ˈtræp.ʃn̩] [US: kən.ˈtræp.ʃn̩]

contrivance [contrivances]((mechanical) device to perform a certain task)
noun
[UK: kən.ˈtraɪ.vəns] [US: kən.ˈtraɪ.vəns]

workaround(a temporary means of overcoming some obstacle)
noun
[UK: wˈɜːkərˌaʊnd] [US: wˈɜːkərˌaʊnd]