ingenioso
/inxeˈnjoso/ · B2 · adj
witty, quick-witted
💡 ingenioso = ingenious; both from Latin ingenium, inborn talent
Same Latin root as English ingenious and engine: ingenium meant natural cleverness. So an ingenioso person has an inbuilt engine for clever ideas. Note the Spanish g sounds like a throaty h: in-heh-NYO-so.