How is the word ingeniárselas translated from Spanish to English

English translation
Contrive
verb

Conseguir hacer algo gracias a un plan hábil.

To manage to do something by clever planning.

Examples with “ingeniárselas”

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  • Se las ingenió para irse pronto. — She contrived to leave early.

  • De algún modo se las ingenian para terminar cada trabajo a tiempo. — Somehow they contrive to finish every job on time.

  • ¿Cómo te las ingeniaste para conseguir esas entradas? — How did you contrive to get those tickets?

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