improvisar — meaning in English
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English meaning
Senses
improvisar is used for these senses in English:
- cobble (transitive) To assemble in an improvised way.
- fly by the seat of one's pants (idiomatic, by extension) To use one's judgment, initiative, and perceptions as events unfold in order to improvise a course of action without a predetermined plan or without the desirable data inputs to decision making.
- improvise To make something up or invent it as one goes on; to proceed guided only by imagination, intuition, and guesswork rather than by a careful plan.
- play by ear (transitive, and, intransitive, idiomatic) To do by guessing, intuition, or trial and error; to react to events as they occur, often with risk of negative outcomes; to improvise.
- wing (transitive) To act or speak extemporaneously; to improvise; to wing it.
cobble — full definition
- noun A rounded stone, roughly fist-sized, traditionally used to pave streets.
- verb To put something together quickly or roughly, often from whatever is available.