Meanings (ES + gloss)
género
A category in the classification of organisms, ranking below family (Lat. familia) and above species.
In most cases, at subsequent mentions of the binomial name you can abbreviate the genus with no danger of confusing the reader.
Phrases
Meanings (ES + gloss)
genia • genio • portento
Someone possessing extraordinary intelligence or skill; especially somebody who has demonstrated this by a creative or original work in science, music, art, etc.
Marx stand höher, sah weiter, überblickte mehr und rascher als wir andern alle. Marx war ein Genie, wir andern höchstens Talente.
She's a genius; she won a Nobel Prize at fifteen!
genio
Extraordinary mental capacity.
Excuse, therefore, the shortcomings of genius under the sudorific influence of the summer solstice; for be assured that the vertical sun, however it may dulcify and mature cherries…
In the old days, to my commonplace and unobserving mind, he gave no evidences of genius whatsoever. He never read me any of his manuscripts, […], and therefore my lack of detection…
Phrases
Meanings (ES + gloss)
genio
A jinn, a being descended from the jann, normally invisible to the human eye, but who may also appear in animal or human form.
genio
A fictional magical being that is typically bound to obey the commands of a mortal possessing its container.
genie in a bottle