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1 хитроумное приспособление
1) General subject: ingenuity, subtile device, subtle device2) Colloquial: gimmick3) British English: Heath Robinson ((e.g., a Heath Robinson device) - по имени английского художника (1872-1944), придумывавшего сложные устройства для выполнения простейших задач)5) American English: Rube Goldberg (e.g. to rig up a Rube Goldberg device/contraption to keep the sun out of the room)Универсальный русско-английский словарь > хитроумное приспособление
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2 invento
m.invention.pres.indicat.1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: inventar.* * *1 invention* * *noun m.* * *SM invention* * *masculino inventionno le creas, son puros inventos — don't believe him, it's pure fabrication o invention
* * *= invention.Ex. The patent abstract is a concise statement of the technical disclosure of the patent and must emphasize that which is new in the context of the invention.* * *masculino inventionno le creas, son puros inventos — don't believe him, it's pure fabrication o invention
* * *= invention.Ex: The patent abstract is a concise statement of the technical disclosure of the patent and must emphasize that which is new in the context of the invention.
* * *inventionson inventos tuyos you've made it all upno le creas, son puros inventos don't believe him, it's sheer fabrication o invention* * *
Del verbo inventar: ( conjugate inventar)
invento es:
1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo
inventó es:
3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) pretérito indicativo
Multiple Entries:
inventar
invento
inventar ( conjugate inventar) verbo transitivo
‹cuento/excusa/mentira› to make up
invento sustantivo masculino
invention
inventar verbo transitivo
1 (un objeto, una técnica) to invent
2 (excusa, mentira) to make up, concoct
invento sustantivo masculino invention
' invento' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
idear
- patente
- patentado
- patentar
English:
antiaging
- brainchild
- concoct
- invention
- neat
- nifty
* * *invento nm1. [invención] inventionEsp Fam un invento del tebeo Br a Heath Robinson invention, US a Rube Goldberg invention2. [mentira] lie, fib3. CompEsp Famfastidiarse el invento: con esta lluvia se ha fastidiado el invento, ya no podemos salir de excursión this rain has really gone and messed things up, we can't go on that trip now* * *m invention* * *invento nminvención: invention* * *invento n invention -
3 Lépine
Proper name. Concours Lépine: Annual exhibition, convention-cum- competition where small-time inventors find a platform for their 'Heath Robinson' type creations. Some are quite serious; others, like the visors for eating grapefruit, slightly more extravagant. -
4 rabibocher
I.v. trans.1. To 'tinker up', to repair in a 'D.I.Y./Heath Robinson-ish' manner.2. To 'patch up a quarrel', to reconcile discording parties.II.v. trans. reflex. To 'patch things up', to make it up after a quarrel. -
5 rapioter
v. trans. To fix, to mend in a haphazard and 'Heath-Robinson-ish' manner. Il va falloir qu'on rapiote le poulailler: We'll have to patch that henhouse of ours soon!
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