inventar
Spanish, verb/imbenˈtaɾ/
inventar is spelled I-N-V-E-N-T-A-R (8 letters) and appears 7.2 times per million words in written Spanish, the 9,091st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Inventar is a Spanish verb meaning “to invent” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Hallar, diseñar, pensar algo nuevo que no existía”.
What does inventar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to invent
- 2
to feign
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Hallar, diseñar, pensar algo nuevo que no existía. 2. Contar, decir cosas falsas. 3. Crear una historia imaginaria, idear un relato. 4. Ocurrírsele a una persona ideas alocadas o carentes de sensatez producto de la ociosidad.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of inventar
- invento first-person present singular
- inventé first-person preterite singular
- inventado participle past
- inventando gerund
- inventada feminine participle past
- inventados masculine participle past
- inventadas feminine participle past
- inventas indicative informal present
- inventás indicative informal present
- inventa indicative present singular
- inventamos first-person indicative plural
- inventáis indicative plural present
- inventan indicative plural present
- inventaba first-person imperfect indicative
- inventabas imperfect indicative second-person
- inventábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- inventabais imperfect indicative plural
- inventaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce inventar?
- /imbenˈtaɾ/
- [ĩm.bẽn̪ˈt̪aɾ]
- [ĩmbẽn̪ˈt̪aɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to inventar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is inventar in Spanish?
inventar appears 7.2 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).