Wit

Portuguese Meaning

inteligência

humor

juízo

talento

compreensão

destreza

perspicácia

agudeza

chiste

English Meaning

  1. The natural ability to perceive and understand; intelligence.
  2. Keenness and quickness of perception or discernment; ingenuity. Often used in the plural: living by one's wits.
  3. Sound mental faculties; sanity: scared out of my wits.
  4. The ability to perceive and express in an ingeniously humorous manner the relationship between seemingly incongruous or disparate things.
  5. One noted for this ability, especially one skilled in repartee.
  6. A person of exceptional intelligence.
  7. at (one's) wits' end At the limit of one's mental resources; utterly at a loss.
  8. have To remain alert or calm, especially in a crisis.
  9. To be or become aware of; learn.
  10. To know.
  11. to wit That is to say; namely.