ardid

m.

1 ruse, trick.

2 scheme, stratagem, plan, ruse.

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ardid

► nombre masculino

1 scheme, trick

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SM ruse

ardides — tricks, wiles

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masculino trick, ruse

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= gimmick, stunt, ploy, 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. People think that that this is just a stunt to generate more traffic to a lamely performing Web site.

Ex. They are using such ploys as citing budget cuts as the reason for making government information more expensive.

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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* ardid electoral = election stunt.

* ardid político = political stunt.

* ardid publicitario = publicity stunt, publicity ploy, advertising ploy.

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masculino trick, ruse

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= gimmick, stunt, ploy, 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: People think that that this is just a stunt to generate more traffic to a lamely performing Web site.

Ex: They are using such ploys as citing budget cuts as the reason for making government information more expensive.

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.

* ardid electoral = election stunt.

* ardid político = political stunt.

* ardid publicitario = publicity stunt, publicity ploy, advertising ploy.

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ardid

masculine

trick, ruse

se valió de ardides femeninos para convencerlo she used her feminine wiles to persuade him

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ardid sustantivo masculino
trick, ruse
ardid sustantivo masculino scheme, plot
'ardid' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
juego
- zancadilla
- astucia
- engaño
- trampa
- treta
English:
device
- gimmick
- ruse
- scheme
- trick
- stunt

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ardid nm

ruse, trick

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ardid

m trick, ruse

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ardid nm

: scheme, ruse