improvisar — meaning in English
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English meaning
- contrive verb To invent by an exercise of ingeniosity; to devise
- improvise verb To create or perform something on the spot without preparation, often using whatever is available.
- vamp noun The front part of a shoe or boot covering the toes and instep.
- wing noun One of the limbs a bird, insect, or aircraft uses to fly.
- wing it verb phrase To do something without preparation, improvising as you go along instead of following a plan or script.
Senses
improvisar is used for these senses in English:
- contrive To invent, to make devices; to form designs especially by improvisation.
- 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.
- rustle up (idiomatic) To forage for, or (figuratively) to quickly prepare, something.
- vamp (transitive) To cobble together, to extemporize, to improvise.
- whip up (transitive) To produce (something) quickly, especially food.
- wing (transitive) To act or speak extemporaneously; to improvise; to wing it.
contrive — full definition
- verb To invent by an exercise of ingeniosity; to devise
- verb To invent, to make devices; to form designs especially by improvisation.
- verb To project, cast, or set forth, as in a projection of light.
- verb To spend (time, or a period).