Portugál | Angol |
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engenho noun {m} | factory [factories](manufacturing place) gift [gifts](talent or natural ability) |
engenho de açúcar noun | sugar mill(machine) |
engenhoca noun | contraption [contraptions](complicated and precarious machine) gadget [gadgets](any device or machine) |
engenhosidade noun {f} | craft [crafts](cunning, shrewdness) ingeniosity(quality of being ingenious) ingenuity(ability to come up with solutions to difficult problems) resourcefulness(the ability to cope with situations) |
engenhoso adjective | clever [cleverer, cleverest](things showing inventiveness or originality) ingenious(displaying genius or brilliance; tending to invent) inventive(creative, or skilful at inventing) resourceful(capable or clever; able to put available resources to efficient or ingenious use) witty [wittier, wittiest](clever; amusingly ingenious) |
a necessidade aguça o engenho phrase | necessity is the mother of invention(a person in need will find a way) |