ingenioso
Italian
Adjective
ingenioso (feminine ingeniosa, masculine plural ingeniosi, feminine plural ingeniose)
- (archaic) ingenious
Latin
Adjective
ingeniōsō
- dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of ingeniōsus
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin ingeniōsus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /inxeˈnjoso/ [ĩŋ.xeˈnjo.so]
- Rhymes: -oso
- Syllabification: in‧ge‧nio‧so
Adjective
ingenioso (feminine ingeniosa, masculine plural ingeniosos, feminine plural ingeniosas)
- ingenious, resourceful, artful, clever, inventive
- witty, quick-witted
- nifty, crafty, neat, slick, clever
Related terms
Further reading
- “ingenioso”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024