Artimaña in english
Artimaña
pronunciation: ɑrtəmɑə part of speech: none
pronunciation: ɑrtəmɑə part of speech: none
In gestures
artimaña = ruse ; stalking horse ; trick ; gaff ; wheeze ; rascally trick ; guile ; wile.
Example: The library did not burn and the purchase of Thomas Jefferson's library as a replacement was a ruse to help pay the former President's debts.Example: Legalism and pragmatism were the intellectual stalking horses that contributed most to the victory of economic interest over human concerns in this case.Example: But if variable-length keys are not supported by a data base, various tricks are often necessary to provide access to the library data which has inherently variable-length keys.Example: There are magicians that choose not to work with gaffs of any type because they want to take magic in new directions.Example: Last year's profits were more than halved, so the company has come up with a clever wheeze.Example: She taught me to love the Airedale breed especially for their rascally tricks and sense of humor.Example: They loved his genuineness and utter lack of guile.Example: Cleopatra would use her wiles and wits to become the sole ruler of Egypt and the lover of the two most powerful men of Rome: Caesar and Marc Antony.more:
» artimañas = crafty ways ; trickery ; bag of tricks .
Example: The article 'The crafty ways of a school librarian' describes how to work with young children by reinforcing reading sessions with craft-based activities. Example: It is sometimes thought that a woman's trickery compensates for her physical weakness. Example: The article is titled 'A medical librarian's bag of tricks: coordinating books and media' = El artículo se titula "Los trucos de un bibliotecario de medicina: cómo coordinar los libros y los multimedia".