ingenio

== Latin == === Noun === ingeniō dative/ablative singular of ingenium == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /inˈxenjo/ [ĩŋˈxe.njo] Rhymes: -enjo Syllabification: in‧ge‧nio === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from Latin ingenium. Doublet of engeño. ==== Noun ==== ingenio m (plural ingenios) genius, wit (faculty to reason and invent quickly) intuition, creative faculty skill, cleverness sense of humor machine, device war machine mill, esp. a sugar mill instrument used by bookbinders to cut the edge of books ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== → Catalan: ingeni === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== ingenio first-person singular present indicative of ingeniar === Further reading === “ingenio”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025