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makeshift:
- recurso; arbitrio; medio auxiliar; salida; remedio; paliativo
- improvisado
Wiktionary:
- makeshift → provisional
- makeshift → apaño, improvisación
- makeshift → marca La Pava

English

Detailed Translations for makeshift from English to Spanish

makeshift:

makeshift [the ~] noun

the makeshift (remedy; resources; expedient; help)
el recurso; el arbitrio; el medio auxiliar; la salida; el remedio
- recurso [el ~] noun
- arbitrio [el ~] noun
- medio auxiliar [el ~] noun
- salida [la ~] noun
- remedio [el ~] noun
the makeshift (palliative; stopgap)
el paliativo
- paliativo [el ~] noun

makeshift adj

makeshift (provisional)
improvisado
- improvisado adj

Translation Matrix for makeshift:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
arbitrio	expedient; help; makeshift; remedy; resources
medio auxiliar	expedient; help; makeshift; remedy; resources
paliativo	makeshift; palliative; stopgap
recurso	expedient; help; makeshift; remedy; resources	asset; legal remedy; remedy at law; resource; richness; wealth; work center
remedio	expedient; help; makeshift; remedy; resources	drug; medicament; medication; medicine; remedy
salida	expedient; help; makeshift; remedy; resources	departing; departure; exit; exodus; going away; leaving; output; putting to sea; sailing; starting; taking off; way out
-	make-do; stopgap
Adjective	Related Translations	Other Translations
-	improvised; jury-rigged
Modifier	Related Translations	Other Translations
improvisado	makeshift; provisional	improvised; unprepared

Related Words for "makeshift":

makeshifts

Synonyms for "makeshift":

improvised; jury-rigged; impermanent; temporary
stopgap; make-do; expedient

Related Definitions for "makeshift":

done or made using whatever is available¹
- the rock served as a makeshift hammer¹
something contrived to meet an urgent need or emergency¹

Wiktionary Translations for makeshift:

makeshift

adjective

Made to work or suffice; improvised; substituted
- makeshift → provisional

noun

A temporary, usually insubstantial, substitution for something else
- makeshift → apaño; improvisación

Cross Translation:

From	To	Via
• makeshift	→ marca La Pava	↔ Marke Eigenbau — (umgangssprachlich) scherzh.\|: etwas, das jemand selbst (zumeist aus der Not oder dem Mangel an geeignetem Material heraus, improvisiert) hergestellt, zusammengebastelt hat

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