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Dude, the word you’re looking for in English is to hustle.
Source: am Polish.
In Spanish that would be “picaresca” and Spanish people also think it’s something that doesn’t really exist in other cultures.
There’s also scheming, but i don’t think either one is a 1 to 1 equivalent.
Scheming nie działa, bo kombinowanie to dużo więcej niż samo knucie planów :)
But I am also not so sure that kombinować is a good example because the other meanings are because it’s a homonym.
I am having trouble providing what actually OP asked for.
A few years ago I’d say Maori “mana”, but the kids now call it “aura” and it’s a direct concept translation.