gambit

estratagema, maniobra

Acción planeada para conseguir una ventaja frente a otros.

En inglés sencillo: A planned action intended to give you an advantage over others.

• Her opening gambit was a joke.
• The discount was a clever gambit to attract customers.
• His risky political gambit failed.

Sinónimos: ploy, tactic, maneuver

Expresiones frecuentes: opening gambit, political gambit, risky gambit

gambito

Jugada de apertura en ajedrez que sacrifica una pieza para conseguir una posición mejor.

En inglés sencillo: An opening chess move that gives up a piece to gain a better position.

• He opened with a gambit.
• She declined the gambit and protected her king.
• The gambit cost a pawn but gave him control of the center.

Expresiones frecuentes: opening gambit, accept a gambit, decline a gambit

sacrificar

Entregar voluntariamente una pieza de ajedrez para conseguir una posición mejor.

En inglés sencillo: To give up a chess piece deliberately to gain a better position.

• She chose to gambit a pawn.
• He gambited his knight to open an attack.
• Would you gambit a piece in this position?

Sinónimos: sacrifice

Expresiones frecuentes: gambit a pawn, gambit a knight, gambit a piece