to invent, make up
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| First | inventé | — |
| Second | inventaste | — |
| Third | inventó | inventaron |
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| Second | inventa | — |
Nadie puede inventar una cosa así, a menos que sea cierto.
No one could make something like that up unless it were true.
— Nueve reinas (2000)
Debe ser extraordinario inventar cosas todo el tiempo.
It must be extraordinary to invent things all the time.
Hay detalles que no se ha podido inventar.
There are details that could not have been invented.
— Las diabólicas (1955)
Japón como China y a ambos les gusta inventar cosas.
Japan, like China, and they both like inventing things.
— Súper 30 (2019)
Uno puede inventar una nueva forma de llevar dos colores uno con el otro.
You can come up with a new way of wearing two colors together.
— Астенический синдром (1989)
Should I make up an excuse?