treta

treta
f.
1 trick (engaño).
2 artifice, ruse, frame-up, scheme.
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treta
► nombre femenino
1 trick, ruse
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SF
1) (=truco) trick; (=ardid) ruse, stratagem; (Com) stunt, gimmick

treta publicitaria — advertising gimmick

2) (Esgrima) feint
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femenino
a) (ardid) trick, ruse

se valió de una treta para convencernos — she tricked us into believing her

b) (en esgrima) feint
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= gimmick, ruse, stalking horse, trick, gaff, wheeze.
Ex. Many outreach efforts foundered because they were primarily public relations gimmicks aimed at changing the public rather than the library.
Ex. 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.
Ex. Legalism and pragmatism were the intellectual stalking horses that contributed most to the victory of economic interest over human concerns in this case.
Ex. 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.
Ex. There are magicians that choose not to work with gaffs of any type because they want to take magic in new directions.
Ex. Last year's profits were more than halved, so the company has come up with a clever wheeze.
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* con tretas = by cunning.
* tretas = crafty ways.
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femenino
a) (ardid) trick, ruse

se valió de una treta para convencernos — she tricked us into believing her

b) (en esgrima) feint
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= gimmick, ruse, stalking horse, trick, gaff, wheeze.

Ex: Many outreach efforts foundered because they were primarily public relations gimmicks aimed at changing the public rather than the library.

Ex: 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.
Ex: Legalism and pragmatism were the intellectual stalking horses that contributed most to the victory of economic interest over human concerns in this case.
Ex: 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.
Ex: There are magicians that choose not to work with gaffs of any type because they want to take magic in new directions.
Ex: Last year's profits were more than halved, so the company has come up with a clever wheeze.
* con tretas = by cunning.
* tretas = crafty ways.

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treta
feminine
1 (ardid) trick, ruse
se valió de una treta para convencernos she tricked us into believing her
2 (en esgrima) feint
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treta sustantivo femenino
a) (ardid) trick, ruse

b) (en esgrima) feint

treta sustantivo femenino ruse
'treta' also found in these entries:
English:
ploy
- ruse
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treta nf
ruse, trick
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treta
f trick, ploy
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treta nf
: trick, ruse

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