From ingenio (“wit”) + -ar, from Latin ingenium. Akin to Italian ingegnarsi.
- IPA(key): /inxeˈnjaɾ/ [ĩŋ.xeˈnjaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: in‧ge‧niar
ingeniar (first-person singular present ingenio, first-person singular preterite ingenié, past participle ingeniado)
- (transitive) to devise, invent
- Synonyms: inventar, idear
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.
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singular
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plural
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2nd person
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3rd person
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1st person
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2nd person
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3rd person
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with infinitive ingeniar
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dative
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ingeniarme
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ingeniarte
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ingeniarle, ingeniarse
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ingeniarnos
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ingeniaros
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ingeniarles, ingeniarse
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accusative
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ingeniarme
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ingeniarte
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ingeniarlo, ingeniarla, ingeniarse
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ingeniarnos
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ingeniaros
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ingeniarlos, ingeniarlas, ingeniarse
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with gerund ingeniando
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dative
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ingeniándome
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ingeniándote
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ingeniándole, ingeniándose
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ingeniándonos
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ingeniándoos
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ingeniándoles, ingeniándose
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accusative
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ingeniándome
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ingeniándote
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ingeniándolo, ingeniándola, ingeniándose
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ingeniándonos
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ingeniándoos
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ingeniándolos, ingeniándolas, ingeniándose
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with informal second-person singular tú imperative ingenia
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dative
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ingéniame
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ingéniate
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ingéniale
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ingénianos
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not used
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ingéniales
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accusative
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ingéniame
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ingéniate
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ingénialo, ingéniala
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ingénianos
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not used
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ingénialos, ingénialas
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with informal second-person singular vos imperative ingeniá
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dative
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ingeniame
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ingeniate
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ingeniale
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ingenianos
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not used
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ingeniales
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accusative
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ingeniame
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ingeniate
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ingenialo, ingeniala
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ingenianos
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not used
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ingenialos, ingenialas
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with formal second-person singular imperative ingenie
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dative
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ingénieme
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not used
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ingéniele, ingéniese
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ingénienos
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not used
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ingénieles
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accusative
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ingénieme
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not used
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ingénielo, ingéniela, ingéniese
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ingénienos
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not used
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ingénielos, ingénielas
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with first-person plural imperative ingeniemos
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dative
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not used
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ingeniémoste
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ingeniémosle
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ingeniémonos
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ingeniémoos
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ingeniémosles
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accusative
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not used
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ingeniémoste
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ingeniémoslo, ingeniémosla
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ingeniémonos
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ingeniémoos
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ingeniémoslos, ingeniémoslas
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with informal second-person plural imperative ingeniad
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dative
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ingeniadme
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not used
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ingeniadle
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ingeniadnos
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ingeniaos
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ingeniadles
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accusative
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ingeniadme
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not used
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ingeniadlo, ingeniadla
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ingeniadnos
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ingeniaos
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ingeniadlos, ingeniadlas
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with formal second-person plural imperative ingenien
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dative
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ingénienme
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not used
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ingénienle
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ingéniennos
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not used
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ingénienles, ingéniense
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accusative
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ingénienme
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not used
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ingénienlo, ingénienla
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ingéniennos
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not used
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ingénienlos, ingénienlas, ingéniense
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