hábil
adj.
clever; skilful, adroit, expert; handy; deft; accomplished
hábil
adj.
capable, artful; clever, cunning; diplomatic; ingenious, able; adroit, deft; expert, skilful
hábil
= accomplished, skilful [skillful, -USA], able [abler -comp., ablest -sup.], nimble, resourceful, deft, adroit, nifty [niftier -comp., nifitiest -sup.].
Ex: This specialised clientele is eclectic and ranges from novices to the most accomplished artists and includes painters, sculptors and graphic artists.
Ex: The acquisition of these materials is a skilful job demanding the sort of dedication that a housewife brings to the running of her home.
Ex: Then there are those children made to think themselves failures because of the hammer-blow terms like dull, backward, retarded, underprivileged, disadvantaged, handicapped, less able, slow, rejected, remedial, reluctant, disturbed.
Ex: If they were watching the nimble movements of a compositor as he gathered the types from the hundred and fifty-two boxes of his case, they would knock their hips against the corner of a bench.
Ex: Under a series of resourceful librarians, it rapidly achieved a high reputation for its collection of books, periodicals and prints.
Ex: In this live peformance video, Joan Sutherland's coloratura is as deft as ever.
Ex: Reference services exist to help the less adroit find information and their fundamental value lies in equity of access to information.
Ex: To begin with, this photocopier perhaps had the potential for resurrection by someone mechanically minded and nifty with a screwdriver.
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* día hábil = business day, workday, weekday, working day.
* poco hábil = poor-ability.
* ser hábil para = be adroit at.
Habil
k.r(Bib.) Abel, o. of Adam's sons