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ellos inventaron

invented, made up

→ inventar
invent to invent, make up + aron 3rd-person plural preterite
verb · 3rd-person plural, past tense Rare #42,352
invented
SP: Ellos inventaron una máquina nueva.
EN: They invented a new machine.
made up
SP: Se inventaron una excusa para llegar tarde.
EN: They made up an excuse for being late.
Conjugation of inventar
Indicative past
SingularPlural
First inventé —
Second inventaste —
Third inventó inventaron

El papel lo inventaron los chinos.

Paper was invented by the Chinese.

Entonces, todos estamos de acuerdo en que los indios inventaron el cero.

So, we all agree that the Indians invented zero.

— Súper 30 (2019)

¿Los indios inventaron los cigarros?

Did the Indians invent cigarettes?

Mira lo que inventaron.

Look what they invented.

Se inventaron que había matado a un blanco y que había violado a su mujer.

They made up that I had killed a white man and raped his wife.

— Pecadores (2025)

Pero, esto lo inventaron.

But they made this up.

— La infancia de Iván (1962)

Probablemente fueron ellos los que lo inventaron.

They were probably the ones who invented it.