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inventa
to invent /in.venˈta/
verb#2033 most common
Also: to make up, to devise
Example sentences
Copilul inventează o poveste.
The child invents a story.
Ea a inventat un joc nou pentru prieteni.
She invented a new game for her friends.
Nu trebuie să inventezi scuze, spune-mi adevărul.
You don't need to make up excuses, tell me the truth.
Thomas Edison a inventat becul electric în secolul al XIX-lea.
Thomas Edison invented the electric bulb in the 19th century.
Inginerii au inventat un dispozitiv care transformă căldura în electricitate.
The engineers invented a device that converts heat into electricity.
Dacă nu ar fi fost inventată scrierea, istoria omenirii ar fi arătat cu totul altfel.
If writing had not been invented, human history would look entirely different.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | inventez | inventai | voi inventa |
| 2sg | inventezi | inventași | vei inventa |
| 3sg | inventează | inventă | va inventa |
| 1pl | inventăm | inventarăm | vom inventa |
| 2pl | inventați | inventarăți | veți inventa |
| 3pl | inventează | inventară | vor inventa |
Word family
invențieinvention
inventatorinventor
inventivinventive
inventivitateinventiveness
a reinventato reinvent
Etymology
Inventa entered Romanian in the 19th century as part of the wave of French and Latin borrowings that modernized the language. It comes from Latin invenire, a compound of in- and venire, meaning to come upon or find. The sense shifted over time from simply finding something to creating something new.
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