Ingeniar

English translation: Find ways / find a way

23:47 Oct 9, 2020
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Spanish term or phrase: Ingeniar
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el político quien, como siempre, se las ingenia para aprovecharse de su diplomacia.

No entiendo como traducir "se las ingenia".

Contexto: Es sobre un libro de un autor costarricense que habla de las experiencias en los aeropuertos y que todas las personas, bueno casi todas tienen que pasar por el área de seguridad, excepto por los políticos quienes se aprovechan de su diplomacia para tratar de evitarla.

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José Pablo Corrales
Costa Rica
English translation:Find ways / find a way
Explanation:
"...the politician who, as always, finds a way of exploiting his diplomatic status"
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Robert Carter
Mexico
Local time: 15:40
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Summary of answers provided
5 +1Manage
Graciela Silvia Parma
4 +1Find ways / find a way
Robert Carter
3manipulates
Barbara Cochran, MFA
Summary of reference entries provided
Taña Dalglish

Discussion entries: 2





  

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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Manage


Explanation:
Manage: se las ingenia, encuetra la forme, se las rebusca

Graciela Silvia Parma
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 8

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agree  Robert Carter: Your answer wasn't there when I posted, but it's virtually the same idea.
5 mins
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12 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Find ways / find a way


Explanation:
"...the politician who, as always, finds a way of exploiting his diplomatic status"

Robert Carter
Mexico
Local time: 15:40
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 96
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Great answer! Thanks a lot!

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agree  neilmac
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16 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
manipulates


Explanation:
Manipulates people and protocols, so that he gets special treatment by a bending of the rules, in his case.

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Note added at 21 mins (2020-10-10 00:09:27 GMT)
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"contrives a method" to get what he wants—preferential treatment

Barbara Cochran, MFA
United States
Local time: 17:40
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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Reference comments


19 mins
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Reference information:
https://en.pons.com/translate/spanish-english/ingeniarse
Your search term in other parts of the dictionary
ingeniarse
to contrive
to manage

https://dictionary.reverso.net/spanish-english/ingeniarse
to find a solution, but it "almost implies" in a negative way, to circumvent protocols, although diplomatic do have diplomatic immunity, or privilege, for want of a better term.


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Note added at 19 mins (2020-10-10 00:07:13 GMT)
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Oops... diplomats

Taña Dalglish
Jamaica
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Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 74
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