ingeniarse

VPR

ingeniarse con algo — to manage with sth, make do with sth

ingeniárselas para hacer algo — to manage to do sth

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(v.) = contrive, devise

Ex. Examples would include deliberately contriving an authoritarian atmosphere, either institutional, by means of rules and regulations, or personal, by means of academic status, for instance.

Ex. Special classification schemes are generally devised for an application in which no major general scheme is suitable.

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(v.) = contrive, devise

Ex: Examples would include deliberately contriving an authoritarian atmosphere, either institutional, by means of rules and regulations, or personal, by means of academic status, for instance.

Ex: Special classification schemes are generally devised for an application in which no major general scheme is suitable.

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vpr

Fam

ingeniárselas to manage, to pull it off;

no sé cómo se las ingenia, pero siempre gana él I don't know how he does it, but he always wins;

ingeniárselas para hacer algo to manage to do sth;

se las ingenió para no tener que lavar los platos she managed to wangle her way out of doing the dishes

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ingeniarse

v/r

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ingeniárselas para manage to

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vr

: to manage, to find a way

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ingeniarse vb

ingeniárselas to find a way [pt. & pp. found]

el preso se las ingenió para escapar the prisoner found a way to escape