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convenient device

[/kənˈviːniənt dɪˈvaɪs/]
nounpl: convenient devices
dispositivo conveniente
1. A tool, instrument, or gadget designed to provide ease, comfort, or practicality for a specific task or purpose
A smartphone is a convenient device for staying connected.
Um smartphone é um dispositivo conveniente para se manter conectado.
2. Something used as an expedient solution, often implying it serves an immediate purpose rather than a permanent one
He used a convenient device to avoid dealing with the real problem.
Ele usou um dispositivo conveniente para evitar lidar com o problema real.
NYC Slang
handy gadget / useful gizmo
Synonyms
handy tooluseful gadgetpractical instrumenthelpful apparatus
Antonyms
inconvenient devicecumbersome toolimpractical gadget

Regional Variations

General Brazilian
dispositivo conveniente / aparelho prático
Standard usage across Brazil
Portugal
dispositivo conveniente / aparelho útil
Common in European Portuguese
São Paulo
dispositivo conveniente / gadget útil
Frequent use of English word 'gadget'

Related Idioms & Phrases

a convenient excuse
for convenience sake
at one's convenience
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