Meanings (ES + gloss)
caletre
Common sense, initiative, resourcefulness.
As a balance to genius, which is ideally creative, gumption is required to control, to direct. […] Gumption is the power to realize the poetical worth of common sense. Without that…
When I see a man who has a good business, sufficient to support his family respectably, neglecting his affairs, and running into debt, in order to obtain a political office, I fanc…
coraje • iniciativa
Boldness of enterprise; aggressiveness or initiative.
"You've got a hard way of looking at things, Scarlett," he said. "But you think Hugh over. You could go far and do worse. I think his honesty and his willingness will outweigh his…
entusiasmo • iniciativa
Energy of body and mind, enthusiasm.
A person filled with gumption doesn't sit around dissipating and stewing about things. He's at the front of the train of his own awareness, watching to see what's up the track and…
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