Meanings (ES + gloss)
intriga
A complicated or clandestine plot or scheme intended to effect some purpose by secret artifice; conspiracy; stratagem.
[…] lost in such a jungle of intrigues, pettifoggings, treacheries, diplomacies domestic and foreign […]
argumento
The plot of a play, poem or romance; the series of complications in which a writer involves their imaginary characters.
Phrases
Meanings (ES + gloss)
intrigar
To conceive or carry out a secret plan intended to harm; to form a plot or scheme.
intrigar
To arouse the interest of; to fascinate.
Scenic illusions such as those caused by the haze, or the apparent diminution of scale where everything was enormous, intrigued Dutton.
These pictorial devices are indispensable tools for presenting evidence, for explaining a theory, for telling a story. And, on top of all that, they are ornaments; they entice and…
Phrases