invención

invention

noun een-behn-SYOHN Rare

Origin: From Latin inventio (a finding, discovery).

Also means

fabrication

Usage Note

Invención stresses the act or process of inventing, and also carries the sense of a fabricated story or lie: eso es una invención ('that's made up'). The everyday word for a specific invented device is invento — el invento más útil del siglo ('the most useful invention of the century'). Do not confuse with invencion (without accent) — the written accent is required: invención.

Examples

"La invención de la imprenta cambió el mundo."

Natural Translation

The invention of the printing press changed the world.

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