artilugio

m.

1 gadget, contrivance.

2 scheme, gimmick, trick.

3 device, gadget, gimmick, contraption.

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artilugio

► nombre masculino

1 (mecanismo) device, gadget

2 figurado (trampa) trick, scheme

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SM

1) (=aparato) gadget, contraption

2) (=truco) gimmick, stunt

3) (=chisme) thingummy *, gizmo (EEUU) *, whatsit *

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masculino

a) (aparato) device, contraption

b) artilugios masculino plural (de oficio) equipment

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masculino

a) (aparato) device, contraption

b) artilugios masculino plural (de oficio) equipment

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artilugio¹

¹ = gadget, widget, artefact [artifact], whatchamacallit, gizmo [gismo], contraption.

Ex: The article is entitled 'Exhibits in the American Pavilion at the 1958 Brussels World's Fair: women's clothing, men's gadgets, hot dogs and haute couture'.

Ex: The term widget is taken from the 1963 movie, 'The Wheeler-Dealers'.

Ex: An artefact is any object made or modified by man.

Ex: In his book's section 'Watchamacallit' he forecasts that communication between user and machine will be through voice for entering text and a pen-like device for pointing.

Ex: Within, you will find a pleathora of gadgets and gizmos, ranging from the ridiculous to the sublime.

Ex: If you are in cahoots with the circle of power, you get your projects approved in no time, and in some cases, you can build the most hideous and unsightly contraption.

artilugio²

² = trick, stalking horse, gaff.

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: Legalism and pragmatism were the intellectual stalking horses that contributed most to the victory of economic interest over human concerns in this case.

Ex: There are magicians that choose not to work with gaffs of any type because they want to take magic in new directions.

* artilugios = crafty ways.

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artilugio

masculine

1 (aparato) device, contrivance, contraption

2 (truco) stunt

3 artilugios mpl (de un oficio) equipment

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artilugio sustantivo masculino

a) (aparato) device, contraption

b)

◊ artilugios sustantivo masculino plural (de oficio) equipment

artilugio sustantivo masculino gadget, device
'artilugio' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
artificio
English:
contraption
- gadget
- widget

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artilugio nm

1. [objeto] contraption

2.

artilugios [herramientas] equipment;

artilugios de pesca fishing tackle

3. [artimaña, engaño] trick, ruse

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artilugio

m aparato gadget

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artilugio nm

: gadget, contraption