WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:
| Principal Translations |
| inventar una historia loc verb | (idear una mentira) | make up a story v expr |
| | | invent a story vtr + n |
| | Nicolás inventó una historia para no ir a la fiesta. |
| | Nicholas made up a story to get out of going to the party. |
| Additional Translations |
| inventar una historia loc verb | (imaginar un cuento) (book, literature) | make up a story, come up with a story v expr |
| | Pablo es escritor e inventó una historia fantástica sobre un futuro cercano. |
| | Pablo is a writer and came up with a fantasy story (or: made up a fantasy story) about a near future. |