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

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Me gusta inventar cosas útiles. I like to invent useful things.
No uses "descubrir" cuando quieres decir "inventar". Don't use "discover" when you mean "invent".
Mi afición: inventar formas irregulares de verbos. My hobby: inventing irregular forms of verbs.
No siempre fue fácil para Edison inventar nuevas cosas. It wasn't always easy for Edison to invent new things.
Es verdad que el tiene el hábito de inventar mentiras. It is true that he has a habit of inventing lies.
El hombre puede inventar cualquier cosa excepto el arte de ser feliz. Man may invent anything, save for the art of being happy.
¿Será que usted no tiene una pizca de la creatividad, hasta el punto de inventar la misma disculpa de siempre? Can it be that you don't have a bit of creativity, to the point of always inventing the same apology?
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. 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.
¿Qué fue inventado por Bell? What was invented by Bell?
Él se inventó esa historia. He made up that story.
¿Los indios inventaron los cigarros? Did the Indians invent cigars?
Tom inventa historias todo el tiempo. Tom makes up stories all the time.
Thomas Edison inventó la bombilla. Thomas Edison invented the light bulb.
Creo que ella inventó esa historia. I think she made up that story.
Edison inventó muchas cosas útiles. Edison invented many useful things.
Él se inventó una historia acerca del perro. He made up a story about the dog.
Edison inventó la lámpara eléctrica. Edison invented the electric lamp.
Creo que te has inventado esa historia del accidente. I think you made up that story about the accident.
¿Sabes quién inventó el telégrafo? Do you know who invented the telegraph?
Nadie creyó a Kevin porque él siempre se inventa las historias. Nobody believed Kevin because he always makes up stories.
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