equilibrismo
Italian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From equilibrio (“equilibrium”) + -ismo.
Noun
[edit]equilibrismo m (plural equilibrismi)
- tightrope walking
- (also figurative) balancing act
- (figurative, chiefly politics) ability to maneuver well in delicate or difficult situations; calculation, shrewdness
- 2020 August 30, Federico Rampini, “Portland e quella violenza degli opposti estremismi che riporta l'America agli anni '60 [Portland and that violence of extremist opposites that is bringing America back to the 60's]”, in la Repubblica[1]:
- Biden è impegnato in un esercizio di equilibrismo ad alto rischio.
- Biden is engaged in a high-risk exercise of political maneuvering.
Derived terms
[edit]Spanish
[edit]Noun
[edit]equilibrismo m (plural equilibrismos)
- tightrope walking
- (also figurative) balancing act
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “equilibrismo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28