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genio

genius

noun HEH-nyoh Less Common

Origin: From Latin genius.

Also means

temper

Usage Note

Genio carries two very different senses: a person of exceptional intellect, and one's mood or temperament, especially bad temper (tener mal genio = 'to be bad-tempered'). In fairy-tale contexts it also means 'genie'. Context usually makes the meaning clear.

Examples

"Einstein fue un genio de la física."

Natural Translation

Einstein was a genius of physics.

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