finesse

tacto, habilidad

Habilidad para tratar con personas o situaciones difíciles de forma cuidadosa e inteligente.

En inglés sencillo: Skill in dealing with people or difficult situations in a careful, clever way.

• She handled the complaint with finesse.
• The talks required considerable finesse.
• His political finesse helped settle the dispute.

Sinónimos: tact, skill, diplomacy

Antónimos: clumsiness

Expresiones frecuentes: with finesse, diplomatic finesse, handle with finesse

finura, elegancia

Belleza, fluidez o habilidad refinada en la manera de hacer algo.

En inglés sencillo: A quality of beauty, smoothness, or fine skill in how something is done.

• Her dancing has real finesse.
• The performance combined power with finesse.
• His playing lacked the finesse of the older musicians.

Sinónimos: elegance, grace, refinement

Antónimos: clumsiness

Expresiones frecuentes: artistic finesse, technical finesse, lack finesse

maniobra, estratagema

Acción inteligente que se usa para conseguir el resultado deseado.

En inglés sencillo: A clever action used to get the result you want.

• It was a clever finesse.
• That tactical finesse saved the agreement.
• She won through a series of small finesses.

Sinónimos: manoeuvre, ploy

Expresiones frecuentes: a clever finesse, a tactical finesse

impás

Jugada que busca ganar aprovechando qué rival tiene una carta más fuerte.

En inglés sencillo: A card-playing move that tries to win by taking advantage of where an opponent’s stronger card is.

• The finesse won the trick.
• She tried a finesse against the king.
• Their second finesse failed because the queen was in the wrong hand.

Expresiones frecuentes: take a finesse, successful finesse, diamond finesse

manejar hábilmente

Gestionar algo con cuidado e inteligencia, a veces influyendo en las personas sin que lo noten.

En inglés sencillo: To manage something carefully and cleverly, sometimes by controlling people without their noticing.

• She finessed the details of the deal.
• He finessed a difficult negotiation.
• We need someone who can finesse these arrangements.

Sinónimos: manage, handle, manipulate

Expresiones frecuentes: finesse a deal, finesse the details, finesse an arrangement

sortear, eludir

Evitar un problema o una pregunta difícil mediante una excusa o un plan ingenioso.

En inglés sencillo: To avoid a problem or difficult question by using a clever excuse or plan.

• He tried to finesse the question.
• They finessed the problem with a clever legal argument.
• Can we finesse this difficulty without delaying the deal?

Sinónimos: sidestep, evade, circumvent

Expresiones frecuentes: finesse a problem, finesse the issue, finesse a question

conseguir con engaños

Conseguir algo de alguien engañándolo o influyendo en él de forma astuta.

En inglés sencillo: To get something from someone by tricking them or cleverly influencing them.

• He finessed free tickets from the promoter.
• She finessed some cash from an unsuspecting tourist.
• They tried to finesse a refund from the shop.

Cómo se usa: finesse something from someone (He finessed a free meal from the owner.)

Sinónimos: con, swindle

Expresiones frecuentes: finesse something from someone, finesse free tickets

hacer un impás

Jugar una carta calculando qué rival puede tener una carta más fuerte.

En inglés sencillo: To try a card-playing move based on which opponent may hold a stronger card.

• She decided to finesse.
• He finessed the queen and won the trick.
• Should we finesse against the king?

Cómo se usa: finesse against a card (They finessed against the king of spades.)

Expresiones frecuentes: finesse the queen, finesse against someone, finesse in hearts