Astucia in english
Cunning
pronunciation: kʌnɪŋ part of speech: adjective
pronunciation: kʌnɪŋ part of speech: adjective
In gestures
astucia = shrewdness ; gamesmanship ; cunning ; artfulness ; sagacity ; finessing ; finesse ; guile ; wile ; fancy footwork.
Example: If the incomplete question is difficult to detect at the initial stage, to recognise those instances where it may be the wrong question that is being asked requires almost a sixth sense, or at least an uncommon shrewdness.Example: Must she become a master at the art of corporate gamesmanship?.Example: The dictionary defines policy as 'any governing principle or course of action' and as 'political wisdom or cunning: diplomacy; prudence; artfulness'.Example: The dictionary defines policy as 'any governing principle or course of action' and as 'political wisdom or cunning: diplomacy; prudence; artfulness'.Example: In terms of accountability and political sagacity, cooperation is definitely to be valued in today's information age.Example: He had expected more from his highly-strung dramatic finessing but the author rarely focused on personal influences or special affinities.Example: Having failed apparently with her trump card, she fell back on finesse.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.Example: One thing's for sure, the twins will need some fancy footwork to get out of this = One thing's for sure, the twins will need some fancy footwork to get out of this.more:
» con astucia = by cunning ; astutely ; slyly ; shrewdly ; cannily .
Example: He is a systematic 'sweater' who sucks wealth from toiling crowds by cunning and by stealth. Example: One must choose the time to suggest a book to children astutely. Example: The author suggests slyly that, while word processors may have increased writing speed, they cannot ensure improved writing quality. Example: Libraries will have to select shrewdly a complement of formats that address the varying uses library patrons have for information. Example: The author cannily exploits significant binary oppositions -- masculine/feminine, public/private.» obrar con astucia = finesse .
Example: The story of the postwar diner suggests some ways that purveyors of consumer commodities finessed and exploited emergent social dislocations in the drive to expand and diversify markets.