(compiled from the Wikipedia page on jugaad)
- DIY (US)
- jugaad (India)
- hack
- frugal engineering
- kludge (US)
- bodge (UK)
- urawaza (裏技) (Japan)
- tapullo (Italy)
- tǔ fǎ (土法) (China)
- Trick 17 (Germany)
- gambiarra (Brazil)
- système D (France)
- jua kali (Kenya)
- Number 8 wire (New Zealand)
- ’n boer maak ’n plan (Afrikaans)
- izenzele (Zulu)
- iketsetse (Sotho)
- itirele (Tswana)
More common word in Chinese is 自制 zì zhì. 土法 focuses on “easy to implement with simple tool and material” but 自制 focuses on “do it by yourself”.