ingenio
/inˈxenjo/ · B2 · noun · m
genius
💡 ingenio ≈ in-GEN-io: what's born IN you (gen = born) – innate cleverness
From Latin ingenium, 'inborn nature', built from in- (within) + gen- (to be born). Spanish ingenio is the natural talent you are born with, so it came to mean wit and genius. Related: ingeniero (engineer), ingenioso.