Conjugations
Present Presente
Habits, current states, and general facts.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | invento | |
| tú | inventas | |
| él / ella / usted | inventa | |
| nosotros / nosotras | inventamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | inventáis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | inventan |
Preterite Pretérito perfecto simple
Actions viewed as completed events in the past.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | inventé | |
| tú | inventaste | |
| él / ella / usted | inventó | |
| nosotros / nosotras | inventamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | inventasteis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | inventaron |
Imperfect Pretérito imperfecto
Past habits, descriptions, and actions in progress.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | inventaba | |
| tú | inventabas | |
| él / ella / usted | inventaba | |
| nosotros / nosotras | inventábamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | inventabais | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | inventaban |
Future Futuro simple
Future events; also used to express a guess about the present.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | inventaré | |
| tú | inventarás | |
| él / ella / usted | inventará | |
| nosotros / nosotras | inventaremos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | inventaréis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | inventarán |
Conditional Condicional simple
Hypothetical events and some polite requests.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | inventaría | |
| tú | inventarías | |
| él / ella / usted | inventaría | |
| nosotros / nosotras | inventaríamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | inventaríais | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | inventarían |
Present subjunctive Presente de subjuntivo
Used in certain clauses expressing wishes, doubt, feelings, and other non-asserted situations.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | invente | |
| tú | inventes | |
| él / ella / usted | invente | |
| nosotros / nosotras | inventemos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | inventéis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | inventen |
Use ustedes for plural “you” in Latin America. Its verb form matches ellos / ellas. Vos forms are not included. Google voice when available; device voice as a fallback.
Meaning & usage
- to invent
- to feign
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Meanings and conjugation data adapted from English Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org / Wiktextract. Frequency scores from wordfreq 3.1.1 by Robyn Speer and contributors. Adapted data is available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Entry source · Sources, download & limitations