guile in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

Translations for guile in the English»Spanish Dictionary

guile [Am ɡaɪl, Brit ɡʌɪl] N U

guile

astucia f

he acted without guile or deceit

actuó sin malicia ni engaño

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he is innocent of all guile

es ajeno a toda malicia

Translations for guile in the Spanish»English Dictionary

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picaresca

guile

malas artes

guile

todo lo ha conseguido con malas artes

she's got everything she has by guile o through cunning

es un chico sin ninguna malicia

he's completely without guile

mañas

guile

picaresca y pícaro

A picaresque outlook on life, known in Latin America as viveza criolla, involves resorting to guile and trickery in order to get ahead or simply survive. In Spanish-speaking countries, this is often regarded as amusing or unavoidably necessary. This perspective results from the injustices often meted out by the rulers and law enforcers in these countries.
In literature, a novela picaresca is one that recounts the adventures of a pícaro, an appealing rogue. The sixteenth-century Spanish novel Lazarillo de Tormes is the earliest example.

guile in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for guile in the English»Spanish Dictionary

guile [gaɪl] N no pl form

guile

astucia f

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English

They add he is hard to shock and likes children for their honesty and lack of guile which he applies to himself.

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Guile arrives and rushes her to the hospital.

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The machine has some rudimentary intelligence and guile, and hunts down the men.

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How ironical to have risen through your deceit (dishonesty, treachery, deceitfulness, deception, trickery, sham, pretense, cheating, duplicity, falseness, guile) to the voters, and then find yourself, flat on the ground.

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Thus, he tries to subvert the other kingdoms and increase his own power through intrigue and guile.

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The younger generation in the city now only know the way of life in the asphalt jungle where guile, cunning and suspicion pervade human activity.

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He resents being manipulated by his siblings, preferring the face-to-face confrontation and the contest of strength, not of guile.

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He defeats two of them and breaks the ritual circle, using a combination of quick thinking, guile, and brute force.

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Film critics have noted the moral ambiguity, where a small town lawyer triumphs by guile, stealth and trickery.

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He said a church with a history of protecting offenders and a priest's criminal guile help cloak molesters from outsiders' scrutiny.

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