invento

Inflexiones de 'invento' (nm): mpl: inventos

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Principal Translations
Spanish		English
invento nm	(relato inventado) (story, excuse)	lie n
	(imagination)	figment n
	(general)	invention, fabrication n
	Eso que dices no es cierto, es un invento.
	What you are saying is not true, it's just a lie.
invento nm	(invención, descubrimiento)	invention n
	La lavadora es un invento que revolucionó las tareas domésticas.
	The washing machine is an invention that revolutionized domestic chores.

Principal Translations
Spanish		English
inventar⇒ vtr	(crear algo nuevo)	invent⇒ vtr
	Inventó un aparato para facilitarle el trabajo.
	She invented a device to make her work easy.
inventar vtr	(mentir)	make up vtr phrasal sep
		invent⇒, concoct⇒ vtr
	Llegó tarde al trabajo y se inventó una historia para justificarse.
	She turned up late to work made up a story to justify herself.

Compound Forms: inventar \| ~~invento~~
Spanish		English
inventar que vtr + conj	(mentir)	make up that vi phrasal + conj
		invent that vi + conj
	Lucas inventó que tenía que estudiar para no ir a la fiesta.
	Lucas made up that he had to study so he wouldn't have to go to the party.
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.
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.

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