English-Spanish translations for contrivance

• aparato
• artefacto
• artificio
• artilugio
  Toda la política agrícola común es un artilugio absurdo que debe ser abolido. The entire common agricultural policy is an absurd contrivance and must be abolished.
• artimaña
• estratagema
  Lo que se está defendiendo aquí es una estratagema falsa y vacía, urdida para dotar a Europa de la condición de Estado. What is being promoted here is a phoney and empty contrivance, designed to bring statehood to Europe.

Definition of contrivance

• a device to perform a certain task
• something overly artful or artificial

Related words

• contrive
• contrived
• contriver