inventar

See also: Inventar and inventář

Catalan

Etymology

From invent +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Central) [im.bənˈta]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [iɱ.vənˈta]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [iɱ.venˈtaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [im.benˈta]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

inventar (first-person singular present invento, first-person singular preterite inventí, past participle inventat); root stress: (Northern) /e̞/; (Balearic, Central, Northwestern, Valencia) /e/

1. (transitive) to invent

Conjugation

    Central Catalan conjugation of inventar (first conjugation)

infinitive			inventar
gerund			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
	affirmative	—	inventa	inventi	inventem	inventeu	inventin
	negative (no)	—	no inventis	no inventi	no inventem	no inventeu	no inventin

Related terms

• invenció
• inventiu
• inventor

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, 2026
• “inventar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “inventar”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Galician

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

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)

1. (transitive) to invent (create or find a new thing or a new way of doing it)
2. (transitive) to invent (create with imagination a tale, story etc)
3. (transitive) to invent (present as true something that is not)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of inventar

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	inventar
Personal	inventar	inventares	inventar	inventarmos	inventardes	inventaren
Gerund
	inventando
Past participle
Masculine	inventado			inventados
Feminine	inventada			inventadas
Indicative
Present	invento	inventas	inventa	inventamos	inventades	inventan
Imperfect	inventaba	inventabas	inventaba	inventabamos	inventabades	inventaban
Preterite	inventei	inventaches	inventou	inventamos	inventastes	inventaron
Pluperfect	inventara	inventaras	inventara	inventaramos	inventarades	inventaran
Future	inventarei	inventarás	inventará	inventaremos	inventaredes	inventarán
Conditional	inventaría	inventarías	inventaría	inventariamos	inventariades	inventarían
Subjunctive
Present	invente	inventes	invente	inventemos	inventedes	inventen
Imperfect	inventase	inventases	inventase	inventásemos	inventásedes	inventasen
Future	inventar	inventares	inventar	inventarmos	inventardes	inventaren
Imperative
Affirmative		inventa	invente	inventemos	inventade	inventen
Negative (non)		non inventes	non invente	non inventemos	non inventedes	non inventen

    Reintegrated conjugation of inventar (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti / 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	inventades, inventais	inventam
Imperfect	inventava	inventavas	inventava	inventávamos	inventávades, inventáveis, inventávais1	inventavam
Preterite	inventei	inventaste, inventache1	inventou	inventamos	inventastes	inventárom, inventaram
Pluperfect	inventara	inventaras	inventara	inventáramos	inventárades, inventáreis, inventárais1	inventaram
Future	inventarei	inventarás	inventará	inventaremos	inventaredes, inventareis	inventarám, inventarão
Conditional	inventaria	inventarias	inventaria	inventaríamos	inventaríades, inventaríeis, inventaríais1	inventariam
Subjunctive
Present	invente	inventes	invente	inventemos	inventedes, inventeis	inventem
Imperfect	inventasse	inventasses	inventasse	inventássemos	inventássedes, inventásseis	inventassem
Future	inventar	inventares	inventar	inventarmos	inventardes	inventarem
Imperative
Affirmative		inventa	invente	inventemos	inventade, inventai	inventem
Negative (nom)		nom inventes	nom invente	nom inventemos	nom inventedes, nom inventeis	nom inventem

¹Less recommended.

Related terms

• invención

Further reading

• “inventar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026
• “inventar”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026

Occitan

Pronunciation

• Audio (Béarn):

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Verb

inventar

1. to invent

Conjugation

    Lengadocian (Central Occitan)

		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

    Auvernhàs

		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

    Gascon

		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

    Lemosin

		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

    Provençau

		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

• invencion
• inventiu
• inventor

References

• Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana‎^[1], L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2026, 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)]

• (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)]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /ĩ.vẽˈta(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩ.vẽˈtaɾ/

• (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)

1. to invent, devise
2. to imagine

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

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:inventar.

Related terms

• invenção
• inventor

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, 2015–2026, →ISBN
• “inventar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French inventaire.

Noun

inventar n (plural inventare)

1. inventory

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)

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

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-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 tuteo 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 voseo 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
• inventivo
• invento
• inventor

Further reading

• “inventar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Venetan

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

* Venetan 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	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