Usage examples of "inventó" in Spanish with translation to English

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Thomas Edison inventó la bombilla. Thomas Edison invented the light bulb.
Él se inventó esa historia. He made up that story.
Edison inventó muchas cosas útiles. Edison invented many useful things.
Creo que ella inventó esa historia. I think she made up that story.
Edison inventó la lámpara eléctrica. Edison invented the electric lamp.
Él se inventó una historia acerca del perro. He made up a story about the dog.
¿Sabes quién inventó el telégrafo? Do you know who invented the telegraph?
Mi hermana no se hizo cargo de romper la lámpara, ella inventó una historia sobre alienígenas que vienen a la Tierra con el objetivo de destruir todo mueble de color amarillo. My sister didn't own up to breaking the lamp, instead she made up some story about aliens coming to Earth with the objective of destroying every piece of yellow furniture.
¿Sabes quién inventó esta maquina? Do you know who invented this machine?
¿Sabes quién inventó el microscopio? Do you know who invented the microscope?
Edison inventó la ampolleta eléctrica. Edison invented the light bulb.
¡Por suerte se inventó la pizza! Luckily they invented pizza!
Alexander Graham Bell inventó el teléfono. Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone.
Todos saben que Bell inventó el teléfono. Everyone knows that Bell invented the telephone.
No se sabe quién inventó la rueda. It's not known who first invented the wheel.
Él inventó una excusa sobre su retraso. He invented an excuse for being late.
Todos los días usamos muchas cosas que Edison inventó. Every day we use many things which Edison invented.
La Coca-Cola inventó la Fanta, en plena II Guerra Mundial, para el mercado alemán. Coca-Cola invented Fanta, in the middle of the Second World War, for the German market.
Antoine Louis inventó al guillotina, la cual, sin embargo, recibió su nombre del doctor Joseph-Ignace Guillotin. Antoine Louis invented the guillotine, which was, however, named after Dr. Joseph-Ignace Guillotin.
Louis Braille, que fue ciego desde la edad de tres años, inventó una forma para que el ciego leyera. Louis Braille, who was blind from the age of three, invented a way for the blind to read.
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