Astuto in english
Crafty
pronunciation: kræfti part of speech: adjective
pronunciation: kræfti part of speech: adjective
In gestures
astuto = clever ; shrewd ; wily ; streetwise [street-wise] ; astute ; skilful [skillful, -USA] ; cunning ; crafty ; shifty ; canny ; artful ; sly ; tricky ; foxy ; sagacious.
Example: It is readily possible to construct a machine which will manipulate premises in accordance with formal logic, simply by the clever use of relay circuits.Example: Payment is very important and can be a problem so the businessman needs to be streetwise and shrewd with a good business acumen.Example: But he was wiry and wily, too, and he could often out-run, track, back-track, double-back, and finally dodge unseen in the subway.Example: And because it refuses to express itself in the kind of language we have to assume would be natural to Slake himself slangy, staccato, flip, street-wise we are forced into the position of observing him rather than feeling at one with him.Example: It requires an extraordinarily astute librarian to uncover this shortcoming at the interview stage.Example: The acquisition of these materials is a skilful job demanding the sort of dedication that a housewife brings to the running of her home.Example: The article 'Collection development policies: a cunning plan' looks at the value of collection development policy statements and what they can and cannot do.Example: Crafty! He wanted nothing to do with the straitjacket of guidelines and so-called standards = Crafty! He wanted nothing to do with the straitjacket of guidelines and so-called standards.Example: 'Client' has overtones of shifty lawyers and overpaid realtors.Example: The principles behind successful commercial Web sites (clear mission, valuable content, clean design and canny publicity) can be applied by academics in establishing non-profit Web sites.Example: She is not just lissome and beautiful, but also cultured, artful, expressive, and energetic.Example: You must be a bit sly sometimes to succeed in the world.Example: She was tricky and she had the house keys first and when I got to the house all her stuff was in the big room and she 'bagsed' it first.Example: This is an interesting way of rigging the system and such foxy tactics can be played in many other places.Example: These sagacious and monied few are able then to pocket their political harvest at the expense of the industrious and uninformed mass of the people.more:
» ser más astuto que = outfox ; outwit ; outsmart [Literalmente significa "ser más listo que". También escrito out-smart. Pincha en para ver una lista de palabras que comienzan con este prefijo usado para indicar generalmente que una persona o cosa supera a otra] ; outmatch ; out-skill .
Example: It also led to a continuing guerilla war between the authorities and caricaturists who sought to evade, outfox, or entirely defy them. Example: Two dangerous trysts are spied upon by a third and hostile party, whose presence is detected by the lovers who act in consort to outwit him. Example: Smart and speedy start-ups blindside mature companies with their inventiveness then grow up into mature companies and are outsmarted in their turn. Example: If you're outmatched, out-numbered, out-skilled, you'd better run and live to fight another day. Example: If you're outmatched, out-numbered, out-skilled, you'd better run and live to fight another day.» tan astuto como un zorro = as sly as a fox ; as wily as a fox .
Example: She was in trouble and wanted to marry a fortune and save the whole family -- as sly as a fox. Example: As the saying goes, 'Be as innocent as a lamb, and as wily as a fox' -- shrewdness is a valuable attribute in this cutthroat world.