Thursday, September 6, 2012

jugaad

"Jugaad colloquially means a creative idea or a quick workaround to get through commercial, logistic or law issues. As such, the jugaad movement has gathered a community of enthusiasts, believing it to be the proof of Indian bubbling creativity, or a cost-effective way to solve the issues of everyday life.

Jugaad (also sometimes jugard) literally means an improvised arrangement or work-around, which has to be used because of lack of resources. This is a Hindi term widely used by people speaking other Indian languages, and by people of Indian origin around the world. The same term is still used for a type of vehicle, found in rural India, made by carpenters by fitting a diesel engine on a cart."
(from Wikipedia)
Em Portugal, chamamos-lhe "desenrascanço".

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