inventar

See also: Inventar and inventář

Catalan

Etymology

From invent +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /im.vənˈta/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /im.bənˈta/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /im.venˈtaɾ/
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

inventar (first-person singular present invento, past participle inventat)

1. (transitive) to invent

Conjugation

Conjugation of inventar (first conjugation)

infinitive			inventar
present participle			inventant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		inventat		inventada
		plural		inventats		inventades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	invento	inventes	inventa	inventem	inventeu	inventen
	imperfect	inventava	inventaves	inventava	inventàvem	inventàveu	inventaven
	future	inventaré	inventaràs	inventarà	inventarem	inventareu	inventaran
	preterite	inventí	inventares	inventà	inventàrem	inventàreu	inventaren
	conditional	inventaria	inventaries	inventaria	inventaríem	inventaríeu	inventarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	inventi	inventis	inventi	inventem	inventeu	inventin
	imperfect	inventés	inventessis	inventés	inventéssim	inventéssiu	inventessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
		—	inventa	inventi	inventem	inventeu	inventin

Related terms

• invenció
• inventiu
• inventor

 

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Portuguese

Etymology

From invento, from Latin inventum, the supine form of inveniō (“find, discover”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩ.vẽˈta(ʁ)/ [ĩ.vẽˈta(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩ.vẽˈta(ʁ)/ [ĩ.vẽˈta(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ĩ.vẽˈta(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ĩ.vẽˈta(ʁ)/ [ĩ.vẽˈta(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩ.vẽˈta(ɻ)/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩ.vẽˈtaɾ/

• Hyphenation: in‧ven‧tar

Verb

inventar (first-person singular present invento, first-person singular preterite inventei, past participle inventado)

1. to invent, devise
2. to imagine
3. inflection of inventar:
   1. first/third-person singular future subjunctive
   2. first/third-person singular personal infinitive

Conjugation

    Conjugation of inventar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	inventar
Personal	inventar	inventares	inventar	inventarmos	inventardes	inventarem
Gerund
	inventando
Past participle
Masculine	inventado			inventados
Feminine	inventada			inventadas
Indicative
Present	invento	inventas	inventa	inventamos	inventais	inventam
Imperfect	inventava	inventavas	inventava	inventávamos	inventáveis	inventavam
Preterite	inventei	inventaste	inventou	inventamos1, inventámos2	inventastes	inventaram
Pluperfect	inventara	inventaras	inventara	inventáramos	inventáreis	inventaram
Future	inventarei	inventarás	inventará	inventaremos	inventareis	inventarão
Conditional
	inventaria	inventarias	inventaria	inventaríamos	inventaríeis	inventariam
Subjunctive
Present	invente	inventes	invente	inventemos	inventeis	inventem
Imperfect	inventasse	inventasses	inventasse	inventássemos	inventásseis	inventassem
Future	inventar	inventares	inventar	inventarmos	inventardes	inventarem
Imperative
Affirmative		inventa	invente	inventemos	inventai	inventem
Negative (não)		não inventes	não invente	não inventemos	não inventeis	não inventem

¹Brazil.
²Portugal.

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:inventar.

Related terms

• invenção
• inventor

 

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Romanian

Etymology

From French inventaire.

Noun

inventar n (plural inventare)

1. inventory

Declension

Declension of inventar

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) inventar	inventarul	(niște) inventare	inventarele
genitive/dative	(unui) inventar	inventarului	(unor) inventare	inventarelor
vocative	inventarule		inventarelor

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Spanish

Etymology

From invento (“invention”), from Latin inventum, the supine form of inveniō (“find, discover”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /imbenˈtaɾ/ [ĩm.bẽn̪ˈt̪aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Hyphenation: in‧ven‧tar

Verb

inventar (first-person singular present invento, first-person singular preterite inventé, past participle inventado)

1. to invent
2. to feign

Conjugation

    Conjugation of inventar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			inventar
gerund			inventando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		inventado		inventada
		plural		inventados		inventadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	invento	inventastú inventásvos	inventa	inventamos	inventáis	inventan
	imperfect	inventaba	inventabas	inventaba	inventábamos	inventabais	inventaban
	preterite	inventé	inventaste	inventó	inventamos	inventasteis	inventaron
	future	inventaré	inventarás	inventará	inventaremos	inventaréis	inventarán
	conditional	inventaría	inventarías	inventaría	inventaríamos	inventaríais	inventarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	invente	inventestú inventésvos2	invente	inventemos	inventéis	inventen
	imperfect (ra)	inventara	inventaras	inventara	inventáramos	inventarais	inventaran
	imperfect (se)	inventase	inventases	inventase	inventásemos	inventaseis	inventasen
	future1	inventare	inventares	inventare	inventáremos	inventareis	inventaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		inventatú inventávos	invente	inventemos	inventad	inventen
	negative		no inventes	no invente	no inventemos	no inventéis	no inventen

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of inventar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive inventar
	dative	inventarme	inventarte	inventarle, inventarse	inventarnos	inventaros	inventarles, inventarse
	accusative	inventarme	inventarte	inventarlo, inventarla, inventarse	inventarnos	inventaros	inventarlos, inventarlas, inventarse
with gerund inventando
	dative	inventándome	inventándote	inventándole, inventándose	inventándonos	inventándoos	inventándoles, inventándose
	accusative	inventándome	inventándote	inventándolo, inventándola, inventándose	inventándonos	inventándoos	inventándolos, inventándolas, inventándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative inventa
	dative	invéntame	invéntate	invéntale	invéntanos	not used	invéntales
	accusative	invéntame	invéntate	invéntalo, invéntala	invéntanos	not used	invéntalos, invéntalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative inventá
	dative	inventame	inventate	inventale	inventanos	not used	inventales
	accusative	inventame	inventate	inventalo, inventala	inventanos	not used	inventalos, inventalas
with formal second-person singular imperative invente
	dative	invénteme	not used	invéntele, invéntese	invéntenos	not used	invénteles
	accusative	invénteme	not used	invéntelo, invéntela, invéntese	invéntenos	not used	invéntelos, invéntelas
with first-person plural imperative inventemos
	dative	not used	inventémoste	inventémosle	inventémonos	inventémoos	inventémosles
	accusative	not used	inventémoste	inventémoslo, inventémosla	inventémonos	inventémoos	inventémoslos, inventémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative inventad
	dative	inventadme	not used	inventadle	inventadnos	inventaos	inventadles
	accusative	inventadme	not used	inventadlo, inventadla	inventadnos	inventaos	inventadlos, inventadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative inventen
	dative	invéntenme	not used	invéntenle	invéntennos	not used	invéntenles, invéntense
	accusative	invéntenme	not used	invéntenlo, invéntenla	invéntennos	not used	invéntenlos, invéntenlas, invéntense

Derived terms

• no haber inventado la pólvora
• reinventar

 

Related terms

• invención
• invento
• inventor

 

Further reading

• “inventar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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Venetian

Etymology

From invento, from Latin inventum, the supine form of inveniō (“find, discover”). Compare Italian inventare.

Verb

inventar

1. (transitive) to invent
2. (transitive) to fabricate

Conjugation

• Venetian conjugation varies from one region to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Conjugation of inventar (first conjugation)

infinitive	inventar
auxiliary verb		aver	gerund		inventando
past participle		inventà
person	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	mi	ti	eło / eła	noialtri / noialtre	voialtri / voialtre	łuri / łore
present	invento	(te) inventi	(el/ła) inventa	inventémo, inventòn	inventé	(i/łe) inventa
imperfect	inventava	(te) inventavi	(el/ła) inventava	inventàvimo	inventavi	(i/łe) inventava
future	inventarò	(te) inventarè	(el/ła) inventarà	inventarémo	inventarè	(i/łe) inventarà
conditional	mi	ti	eło / eła	noialtri / noialtre	voialtri / voialtre	łuri / łore
present	inventarìa	(te) inventarisi	(el/ła) inventarìa	inventarìsimo	inventarisi	(i/łe) inventarìa
subjunctive	che mi	che ti	che eło / eła	che noialtri / noialtre	che voialtri / voialtre	che łuri / łore
present	invente, inventa	(te) inventi	(el/ła) invente, (el/ła) inventa	inventémo, inventone	inventé	(i/łe) invente, (i/łe) inventa
imperfect	inventase	(te) inventasi	(el/ła) inventase	inventàsimo	inventasi	(i/łe) inventase
imperative	—	ti	eło / eła	noialtri / noialtre	voialtri / voialtre	łuri / łore
	—	(te) inventa	(el/ła) inventa, (el/ła) invente	inventémo	inventé	(i/łe) inventa, (i/łe) invente