ingenioso

Italian

Adjective

ingenioso (feminine ingeniosa, masculine plural ingeniosi, feminine plural ingeniose)

1. (archaic) ingenious

Latin

Adjective

ingeniōsō

1. 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)

1. ingenious, resourceful, artful, clever, inventive
2. witty, quick-witted
3. nifty, crafty, neat, slick, clever

Related terms

• ingeniar
• ingeniero
• ingenio
• ingeniosidad

 

Further reading

• “ingenioso”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28