Inventar
Example: Vaig haver d'inventar una excusa per no anar a la festa.
Definition
"Inventar" means to create or devise something new, often an idea, story, or excuse, that did not exist before. It involves using imagination or ingenuity to produce something original or to explain or justify a situation, as in inventing an excuse to avoid an event.
Etymology
The word "inventar" comes from the Latin verb 'inventare,' which means 'to find' or 'to discover.' It evolved through Old French and then Catalan, carrying the sense of creating or devising something new. Did you know that the idea of 'inventing' is closely tied to the concept of 'finding' something previously unknown?
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"Inventar" appears in the Vocaplus list "Catalan - General - (B1) - set 2", containing 113 commonly used words.
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