inventar
Catalan
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Central) [im.bənˈta]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [iɱ.vənˈta]
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [iɱ.venˈtaɾ]
- Rhymes: -a(ɾ)
Verb
inventar (first-person singular present invento, first-person singular preterite inventí, past participle inventat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /e/
- (transitive) to invent
Conjugation
Related terms
Further reading
- “inventar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
- “inventar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
- “inventar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “inventar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Galician
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /imbenˈtaɾ/ [im.ben̪ˈt̪aɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Hyphenation: in‧ven‧tar
Verb
inventar (first-person singular present invento, first-person singular preterite inventei, past participle inventado)
- (transitive) to invent (create or find a new thing or a new way of doing it)
- (transitive) to invent (create with imagination a tale, story etc)
- (transitive) to invent (present as true something that is not)
Conjugation
1Less recommended.
Related terms
Further reading
- “inventar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
- “inventar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
Occitan
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Verb
inventar
- to invent
Conjugation
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | inventar | aver inventat | |||||
| gerund | inventant | use gerund of aver + past participle | |||||
| past participle | inventat | — | |||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | ieu | tu | el | nosautres | vosautres | eles | |
| present | inventi | inventas | inventa | inventam | inventatz | inventan | |
| imperfect | inventavi | inventavas | inventava | inventàvem | inventàvetz | inventavan | |
| preterite | inventèri | inventères | inventèt | inventèrem | inventèretz | inventèron | |
| future | inventarai | inventaràs | inventarà | inventarem | inventaretz | inventaràn | |
| conditional | inventariái | inventariás | inventariá | inventariam | inventariatz | inventarián | |
| conditional 2nd form1 | inventèra | inventèras | inventèra | inventeram | inventeratz | inventèran | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | use the present tense of aver + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | use the future tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que ieu | que tu | que el | que nosautres | que vosautres | que eles | |
| present | invente | inventes | invente | inventem | inventetz | inventen | |
| imperfect | inventèssi | inventèsses | inventèsse | inventèssem | inventèssetz | inventèsson | |
| compound tenses |
past | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | — | tu | — | nosautres | vosautres | — | |
| inventa | inventem | inventatz | 1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects | ||||
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | inventar | aver inventat | |||||
| gerund | inventant | use gerund of aver + past participle | |||||
| past participle | inventat | — | |||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | ieu | tu | el | nosautres | vosautres | eles | |
| present | invente | inventes | inventa | inventam | inventatz | inventon | |
| imperfect | inventave | inventaves | inventava | inventaviam | inventaviatz | inventavon | |
| preterite | inventere | inventeres | inventet | inventem | inventetz | inventeron | |
| future | inventarai | inventaràs | inventará | inventarem | inventaretz | inventarán | |
| conditional | inventariá | inventariás | inventariá | inventariam | inventariatz | inventarián | |
| conditional 2nd form1 | inventèra | inventèras | inventèra | inventeram | inventeratz | inventèran | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | use the present tense of aver + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | use the future tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que ieu | que tu | que el | que nosautres | que vosautres | que eles | |
| present | invente | inventes | invente | inventassiam | inventassiatz | inventon | |
| imperfect | inventesse | inventesses | inventesse | inventessiam | inventessiatz | inventesson | |
| compound tenses |
past | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | — | tu | — | nosautres | vosautres | — | |
| inventa | inventassiam | inventatz | 1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects | ||||
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | inventar | aver inventat | |||||
| gerund | inventant | use gerund of aver + past participle | |||||
| past participle | inventat | — | |||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | ieu | tu | el | nosautres | vosautres | eles | |
| present | inventi | inventas | inventa | inventam | inventatz | inventan | |
| imperfect | inventavi | inventavas | inventava | inventàvam | inventàvatz | inventavan | |
| preterite | inventèi | inventès | inventè | inventèm | inventètz | inventèn | |
| future | inventarèi | inventaràs | inventarà | inventaram | inventaratz | inventaràn | |
| conditional | inventarí | inventarés | inventaré | inventarem | inventaretz | inventarén | |
| conditional 2nd form1 | inventèra | inventèras | inventèra | inventeram | inventeratz | inventèran | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | use the present tense of aver + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | use the future tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que ieu | que tu | que el | que nosautres | que vosautres | que eles | |
| present | inventi | inventes | invente | inventem | inventetz | inventen | |
| imperfect | inventèssi | inventèsses | inventèsse | inventèssem | inventèssetz | inventèssen | |
| compound tenses |
past | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | — | tu | — | nosautres | vosautres | — | |
| inventa | inventem | inventatz | 1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects | ||||
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | inventar | aver inventat | |||||
| gerund | inventant | use gerund of aver + past participle | |||||
| past participle | inventat | — | |||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | ieu | tu | el | nosautres | vosautres | eles | |
| present | invente | inventas | inventa | inventam | inventatz | inventan | |
| imperfect | inventava | inventavas | inventava | inventàvam | inventàvatz | inventavan | |
| preterite | inventei | inventeras | inventet | inventèram | inventèratz | inventeran | |
| future | inventarai | inventaràs | inventará | inventarem | inventaretz | inventarán | |
| conditional | inventariá | inventariàs | inventariá | inventariam | inventariatz | inventarián | |
| conditional 2nd form1 | inventèra | inventèras | inventèra | inventeram | inventeratz | inventèran | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | use the present tense of aver + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | use the future tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que ieu | que tu | que el | que nosautres | que vosautres | que eles | |
| present | invente | inventes | invente | inventem | inventetz | inventen | |
| imperfect | inventèsse | inventèsses | inventèsse | inventèssem | inventèssetz | inventèssen | |
| compound tenses |
past | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | — | tu | — | nosautres | vosautres | — | |
| inventa | inventem | inventatz | 1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects | ||||
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | inventar | aver inventat | |||||
| gerund | inventant | use gerund of aver + past participle | |||||
| past participle | inventat | — | |||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | ieu | tu | el | nosautres | vosautres | eles | |
| present | invente | inventes | inventa | inventam | inventatz | inventan | |
| imperfect | inventavi | inventavas | inventava | inventàvem | inventàvetz | inventavan | |
| preterite | inventère | inventères | inventèt | inventeriam | inventeriatz | inventèron | |
| future | inventarai | inventaràs | inventarà | inventarem | inventaretz | inventaràn | |
| conditional | inventariáu | inventariás | inventariá | inventariam | inventariatz | inventarián | |
| conditional 2nd form1 | inventèra | inventèras | inventèra | inventeram | inventeratz | inventèran | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | use the present tense of aver + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | use the future tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que ieu | que tu | que el | que nosautres | que vosautres | que eles | |
| present | invente | inventes | invente | inventem | inventetz | inventan | |
| imperfect | inventèsse | inventèsses | inventèsse | inventessiam | inventessiatz | inventèsson | |
| compound tenses |
past | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | — | tu | — | nosautres | vosautres | — | |
| inventa | inventem | inventatz | 1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects | ||||
Related terms
References
- Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana, L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2024, page 383.
Portuguese
Etymology
From invento, from Latin inventum, the supine form of inveniō (“find, discover”).
Pronunciation
- (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/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /ĩ.bẽˈtaɾ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ĩ.vẽˈta.ɾi/
- Hyphenation: in‧ven‧tar
Verb
inventar (first-person singular present invento, first-person singular preterite inventei, past participle inventado)
Conjugation
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:inventar.
Related terms
Further reading
- “inventar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
- “inventar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
- “inventar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French inventaire.
Noun
inventar n (plural inventare)
Declension
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
| nominative-accusative | inventar | inventarul | inventare | inventarele | |
| genitive-dative | inventar | inventarului | inventare | inventarelor | |
| vocative | inventarule | inventarelor | |||
Spanish
Etymology
From invento (“invention”), from Latin inventum, the supine form of inveniō (“find, discover”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /imbenˈtaɾ/ [ĩm.bẽn̪ˈt̪aɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: in‧ven‧tar
Verb
inventar (first-person singular present invento, first-person singular preterite inventé, past participle inventado)
Conjugation
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
Related terms
Further reading
- “inventar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024
Venetan
Etymology
From invento, from Latin inventum, the supine form of inveniō (“find, discover”). Compare Italian inventare.
Verb
inventar
Conjugation
* Venetan conjugation varies from one region to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
| 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 | 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 | |