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complottare — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • concoct verb To make something, especially food or a drink, by combining different ingredients.
  • contrive verb To plan or invent something using skill and cleverness.
  • hatch noun A small door or opening, often in a floor, ceiling, wall, or vehicle.
  • plot noun The sequence of events that make up a story, especially the way they are connected.

Senses

complottare is used for these senses in English:

  • concoct (figurative) To contrive something using skill or ingenuity.
  • hatch (transitive) To incubate eggs; to cause to hatch.
  • plot (transitive, intransitive) To conceive (a crime, misdeed etc).

concoct — full definition

  1. verb To make something, especially food or a drink, by combining different ingredients.
  2. verb To invent a story, plan, or excuse, often a dishonest one.

contrive — full definition

  1. verb To plan or invent something using skill and cleverness.
  2. verb To make something up as you go, often working out the details through improvisation.
  3. verb (dated) To throw out or cast, as light is thrown from its source.
  4. verb (dated) To pass or spend a period of time.
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