il inventa

made up, invented

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invent to invent + a 3rd person singular past
verb · third singular · past indicative Rare #42,137
made up, invented Past historic (passé simple), 3rd person singular: used mainly in writing (e.g., stories, history).
FR: Il inventa une histoire pour expliquer son retard.
EN: He made up a story to explain his lateness.
Conjugation of inventer
Indicative past
SingularPlural
Third inventa

Voilà comment il inventa la machine.

That's how he invented the machine.

Qui inventa le téléphone?

Who invented the telephone?

Je me demande qui l'inventa.

I wonder who invented it.

C'est ainsi qu'il inventa la machine.

That is how he invented the machine.

Il inventa cette histoire.

He invented this story.