ingenio

ingeniō

1. dative/ablative singular of ingenium

• IPA^(key): /inˈxenjo/ [ĩŋˈxe.njo]
• Rhymes: -enjo
• Syllabification: in‧ge‧nio

Borrowed from Latin ingenium, replacing native engeño, from Old Spanish engenno.

ingenio m (plural ingenios)

1. genius, wit (faculty to reason and invent quickly)
2. intuition, creative faculty
3. skill, cleverness
4. sense of humor
5. machine, device
6. war machine
7. mill, esp. a sugar mill
8. instrument used by bookbinders to cut the edge of books

• → Catalan: ingeni

ingenio

1. first-person singular present indicative of ingeniar

• “ingenio”, 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