ingeniar

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Spanish

Etymology

From ingenio (“wit”) +‎ -ar, from Latin ingenium. Akin to Italian ingegnarsi.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /inxeˈnjaɾ/
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: in‧ge‧niar

Verb

ingeniar (first-person singular present ingenio, first-person singular preterite ingenié, past participle ingeniado)

  1. (transitive) to devise, invent
    Synonyms: inventar, idear

Conjugation

    Conjugation of ingeniar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive ingeniar
gerund ingeniando
past participle masculine feminine
singular ingeniado ingeniada
plural ingeniados ingeniadas
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
indicative yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present ingenio ingeniastú
ingeniásvos 		ingenia ingeniamos ingeniáis ingenian
imperfect ingeniaba ingeniabas ingeniaba ingeniábamos ingeniabais ingeniaban
preterite ingenié ingeniaste ingenió ingeniamos ingeniasteis ingeniaron
future ingeniaré ingeniarás ingeniará ingeniaremos ingeniaréis ingeniarán
conditional ingeniaría ingeniarías ingeniaría ingeniaríamos ingeniaríais ingeniarían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present ingenie ingeniestú
ingeniésvos2 		ingenie ingeniemos ingeniéis ingenien
imperfect
(ra) 		ingeniara ingeniaras ingeniara ingeniáramos ingeniarais ingeniaran
imperfect
(se) 		ingeniase ingeniases ingeniase ingeniásemos ingeniaseis ingeniasen
future1 ingeniare ingeniares ingeniare ingeniáremos ingeniareis ingeniaren
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative ingeniatú
ingeniávos 		ingenie ingeniemos ingeniad ingenien
negative no ingenies no ingenie no ingeniemos no ingeniéis no ingenien

1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of ingeniar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
with infinitive ingeniar
dative ingeniarme ingeniarte ingeniarle, ingeniarse ingeniarnos ingeniaros ingeniarles, ingeniarse
accusative ingeniarme ingeniarte ingeniarlo, ingeniarla, ingeniarse ingeniarnos ingeniaros ingeniarlos, ingeniarlas, ingeniarse
with gerund ingeniando
dative ingeniándome ingeniándote ingeniándole, ingeniándose ingeniándonos ingeniándoos ingeniándoles, ingeniándose
accusative ingeniándome ingeniándote ingeniándolo, ingeniándola, ingeniándose ingeniándonos ingeniándoos ingeniándolos, ingeniándolas, ingeniándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative ingenia
dative ingéniame ingéniate ingéniale ingénianos not used ingéniales
accusative ingéniame ingéniate ingénialo, ingéniala ingénianos not used ingénialos, ingénialas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative ingeniá
dative ingeniame ingeniate ingeniale ingenianos not used ingeniales
accusative ingeniame ingeniate ingenialo, ingeniala ingenianos not used ingenialos, ingenialas
with formal second-person singular imperative ingenie
dative ingénieme not used ingéniele, ingéniese ingénienos not used ingénieles
accusative ingénieme not used ingénielo, ingéniela, ingéniese ingénienos not used ingénielos, ingénielas
with first-person plural imperative ingeniemos
dative not used ingeniémoste ingeniémosle ingeniémonos ingeniémoos ingeniémosles
accusative not used ingeniémoste ingeniémoslo, ingeniémosla ingeniémonos ingeniémoos ingeniémoslos, ingeniémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative ingeniad
dative ingeniadme not used ingeniadle ingeniadnos ingeniaos ingeniadles
accusative ingeniadme not used ingeniadlo, ingeniadla ingeniadnos ingeniaos ingeniadlos, ingeniadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative ingenien
dative ingénienme not used ingénienle ingéniennos not used ingénienles, ingéniense
accusative ingénienme not used ingénienlo, ingénienla ingéniennos not used ingénienlos, ingénienlas, ingéniense

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