idear

v.

1 to think up, to devise.

Ricardo ideó un plan maestro Richard devised a master plan.

2 to invent.

3 to dream up, to imagine, to envision, to think out.

María ideó un mundo ideal Mary dreamt up an ideal world.

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idear

► verbo transitivo

1 (concebir) to conceive

2 (inventar) to design

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verb

to devise

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VT

1) [+ proyecto, teoría] to devise, think up

siempre está ideando excusas para no ayudarme — he's always thinking up excuses to avoid helping me

2) (=diseñar) [+ edificio] to design; [+ invento, máquina] to design, devise

la máquina ideada por Turing — the machine that Turing designed o devised

una bombilla ideada para ... — a light bulb designed to ...

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verbo transitivo <proyecto/sistema> to devise

tenemos que idear una manera de recaudar fondos — we have to come up with a way of raising money

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= design (for/to).

Ex. In lists designed for international use a symbolic notation instead of textual notes may be used.

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* idear un plan = devise + a plan.

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verbo transitivo <proyecto/sistema> to devise

tenemos que idear una manera de recaudar fondos — we have to come up with a way of raising money

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= design (for/to).

Ex: In lists designed for international use a symbolic notation instead of textual notes may be used.

* idear un plan = devise + a plan.

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idear [A1 ]

vt

‹proyecto/sistema› to devise

habían ideado un plan para deshacerse de él they had come up with o thought up o devised a plan to get rid of him

tenemos que idear una manera de recaudar fondos we have to come up with o think up a way of raising some money

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idear verbo transitivo
1 (un invento, diseño) to devise, invent
2 (una teoría, un plan) to think up, conceive
'idear' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
fraguar
- ingenio
- imaginar
English:
devise
- elaborate
- invent
- think up
- work out
- come
- contrive
- dream
- think
- work

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idear vt

1. [planear] to think up, to devise;

hemos ideado un plan para salir del aprieto we've devised o come up with a plan to get out of trouble

2. [inventar] to invent

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idear

v/t think up, come up with

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idear vt

: to devise, to think up