invention

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ɪnˈvɛnʃən/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ɪnˈvɛnʃən/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(in ven′shən)

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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:

Principal Translations
InglésEspañol
invention n (innovative device, etc)invento nm
  invención nf
 This new invention enables handicapped people to get online.
 El nuevo invento permite a los discapacitados conectarse a Internet.
invention n (ingenuity)ingenio nm
  ingeniosidad nf
 Is there no end to your invention?
 ¿Tu ingenio no acaba nunca?
invention n (creation, fabrication)invento nm
  invención nf
 Everything she told us now seems to have been invention.
 Todo lo que nos dijo ahora nos parece un invento.
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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:

Compound Forms:
InglésEspañol
Necessity is the mother of invention n (need inspires solutions)La necesidad agudiza el ingenio expr
  El hambre agudiza el ingenio expr
  La necesidad es la madre de la inventiva. expr
 It is said that necessity is the mother of invention.
 Se dice que la necesidad agudiza el ingenio.
  Is something important missing? Report an error or suggest an improvement.

'invention' aparece también en las siguientes entradas:
In the English description:
ancestor - bare patent licensee - confection - contrivance - formulation - good idea - scope of a patent - technology - vivid imagination - whole cloth - wild imagination
Spanish:
fabulación - ficción - invención - cosecha - invento

Collocations: a lifesaving invention, a [brilliant, clever, useless] invention, an invention that has saved [thousands] of lives, more...

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