gambit

(Inglés)

Noun

1. An opening in chess in which a minor piece or a pawn is sacrificed to gain an advantage.
2. Any ploy or stratagem.
3. A remark intended to open a conversation.

Verb

To sacrifice (a pawn or minor piece) to gain an advantage.

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈɡæmbɪt/

Etimología (Inglés)

From Italian gambetto (“act of tripping; gambit”), from Italian gamba (“leg”), from Late Latin gamba.

Conceptos

gambito

táctica

estratagema

truco

Sinónimos

ploy

stratagem

artifice

topic

trick

remark

bluff