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Desenrascanço

Se pesquisarem a palavra "desenrascanço" na Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia, o resultado é surpreendente! E até ilustram a pesquisa com este primor ali ao lado: técnicos a consertar o ar-condicionado no exterior de um edifício. Não deixa de ser curioso ver como definem o Português desenrascado....

"Desenrascanço (loosely translated as "disentanglement") is a
Portuguese word used in common language in Portugal, to express an ability to solve a problem without the adequate tools or proper technique to do so and by use of sometimes imaginative resourcefulness when facing new situations. Achieved when resulting in a hypothetical good-enough solution. When that good solution escapes us we get a failure (enrascanço — entanglement). Most Portuguese people strongly believe it to be one of the their most valued virtues and a living part of their culture. Obviously, they are aware that this subjective feature is not exclusive of theirs."

Dão, ainda, informação extra e mais personalizada:
1 Desenrascanço in the Portuguese dictionary
2 Universities
3 Military
4 Near equivalents in other cultures
5 Desenrascanço at the office
6 'Desenrascanço' and the "Art of Muddling Through"
7 Examples of 'Desenrascanço'

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