elgenio
masculine
/ˈxenjo/
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Translation
genius; temper, character, disposition
Word origin
From Latin genius, the guardian spirit attending a person from birth, from gignere ('to beget'). The sense of an exceptional mind grew from that idea of an inborn spirit.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- genius
- English cognates
- genius, genie, genial
Grammar
Gendermasculine
Pluralgenios
Examples
músico .
That musician is a true genius.
.
My brother has a very bad temper in the morning.
Einstein ciencia.
Einstein was one of the great geniuses of science.
, .
Do not talk to him now, he is in a bad mood.
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You need to be a genius to solve this.
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