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

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Did the Indians invent cigars? ¿Los indios inventaron los cigarros?
I like to invent useful things. Me gusta inventar cosas útiles.
Don't use "discover" when you mean "invent". No uses "descubrir" cuando quieres decir "inventar".
Man may invent anything, save for the art of being happy. El hombre puede inventar cualquier cosa excepto el arte de ser feliz.
It wasn't always easy for Edison to invent new things. No siempre fue fácil para Edison inventar nuevas cosas.
I find out what the world needs. Then, I go ahead and invent it. Yo descubro lo que el mundo necesita. Entonces, sigo adelante y lo invento.
It is man's intelligence that makes him so often behave more stupidly than the beasts. ... Man is impelled to invent theories to account for what happens in the world. Unfortunately, he is not quite intelligent enough, in most cases, to find correct explanations. Es la inteligencia del hombre la que tan a menudo lo hace comportarse más ridículamente que las bestias. ... El hombre es impulsado a inventar teorías que den cuenta de lo que sucede en el mundo. Desafortunadamente, en la mayoría de los casos, él no es lo suficientemente inteligente para encontrar las explicaciones correctas.
I wonder who invented it? Me pregunto quién lo habrá inventado.
Inverted exclamation and question marks were invented by the Real Academia Española to make ASCII look racist. Los signos de exclamación y pregunta invertidos fueron creados por la Real Academia Española para hacer que el ASCII parezca racista.
Paper was invented in China. El papel fue inventado en China.
Edison invented many useful things. Edison inventó muchas cosas útiles.
Edison invented the electric lamp. Edison inventó la lámpara eléctrica.
What was invented by Bell? ¿Qué fue inventado por Bell?
Edison invented the light bulb. Edison inventó la ampolleta eléctrica.
Thomas Edison invented the electric lightbulb. Thomas Edison inventó la bombilla.
Paper was invented by the Chinese. El papel lo inventaron los chinos.
The radio was invented by Marconi. La radio fue inventada por Marconi.
Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone. Alexander Graham Bell inventó el teléfono.
Thomas Edison invented the light bulb. Thomas Edison inventó la bombilla.
Paper was first invented in China. El papel fue inventado en China.
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