ideas is a variation of the word idea

"ideas" is the second person singular present of the verb idear. View conjugation.

idea

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la idea

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idea

[aɪˈdiːə]

sustantivo

1. idea (f) (individual notion)

what a good idea! -> ¡qué buena idea!
what put that idea into your head? -> ¿qué te metió esa idea en la cabeza?
the very idea! -> ¡es el colmo!, ¡vaya idea!
what's the big idea? (familiar) -> ¿a qué viene esto?

2. idea (f) concepto (m) (concept)

to have an idea that… -> tener la sensación de que…
her idea of a joke is… -> su idea de una broma es…
I had no idea that… -> no tenía ni idea de que…
can you give me an idea of how much it will cost? -> ¿puede darme una idea de cuánto va a costar?
I thought the idea was for them to come here -> creí que la idea era que ellos vinieran aquí
the general idea is to… -> la idea general es…

idea [ai-dia]

sustantivo

1. Idea, imagen mental (impression).

That’s not my idea of fun -> eso no es lo que yo entiendo por diversión

2. Idea (plan, suggestion).

That’s a good idea -> es una buena idea

3. Idea, opinión (view).

idea [aɪˈdɪə]

noun

1 (thought, plan) idea (f)

it wasn't my idea no fue idea mía; that's the idea así es; the idea is to sell it la idea or el plan es venderlo; let's forget the whole idea olvidémonos de todo el asunto; I can't bear the idea (of it) solo de pensarlo me pongo mala

I've got a great idea I've lost interest in the whole idea I had to postpone ideas of a career and stay at home it's a good idea to book well in advance the idea came to me in the bath

it wouldn't be a bad idea to paint it no le vendría mal pintarlo

it might not be a bad idea to wait a few days puede que no sea mala idea esperar unos cuantos días

whose bright idea was it to come this way? ¿quién ha tenido la bonita or feliz idea de venir por aquí? (informal)

you'll have to buck up your ideas tendrás que menearte

the idea never entered my head ni se me pasó esa idea por la cabeza

to get an idea for a novel encontrar una idea para una novela

well, if you've got a better idea

don't go getting ideas (build up one's hopes) no te hagas ilusiones; (be presumptuous) no se te ocurra

don't go getting any ideas about her - she's married you needn't go getting ideas just because they've given you this promotion to get an idea into one's [head]

he got the idea into his head that they didn't like him se le metió en la cabeza (la idea de) que no les caía bien; once she gets an idea into her head there's no stopping her como se le meta una idea en la cabeza no hay quien se la quite

to get used to the idea of sth hacerse a la idea de algo

you'll love it once you get used to the idea it took me a while to get used to the idea I just couldn't get used to the idea of being alone

to give sb ideas meter ideas en la cabeza a algn

whatever gave you that idea? ¿como se te ha ocurrido semejante cosa?

good idea! ¡buena idea!

what a good idea! ¡qué idea más buena!

to have an idea tener una idea

I suddenly had the idea of going to see her de repente se me ocurrió ir a verla; de repente tuve la idea de ir a verla

Anne has an idea that might work

he hit on the idea of painting it red se le ocurrió pintarlo de rojo

to put ideas into sb's head meter ideas en la cabeza a algn

it's those friends of his putting ideas into his head why would they do that unless somebody put the idea in their heads? what on earth put that idea into your head? it has been suggested that she led the children or put ideas into their heads

the very idea!what an idea! ¡qué ocurrencias!

2 (understanding) idea (f)

by the end of the week you will have a clear idea of what your eating habits are this table will give you some idea of how levels of ability in foreign languages can be measured it gives you an idea of how much it will cost

have you any idea how ridiculous you look? ¿tienes idea de lo ridículo que estás?

I haven't the foggiest idea no tengo ni la menor or más remota or más mínima idea

what(ever) gave you that idea? ¿de dónde sacaste eso?

to get an idea of sth hacerse una idea de algo

I wanted to get an idea of the layout of the building if you go you might get an idea of what to expect /to get an idea of a stock's expected dividend yield/, simply divide the average annual dividends you expect to receive by the current market price of the stock

you're getting the idea (understanding) estás empezando a comprender; (getting the knack) estás cogiendo el tino or truco

I've got the general idea he comprendido la idea general; where did you get that idea? ¿de dónde sacaste eso?; don't get the wrong idea no malinterpretes la situación; many people have got the wrong idea about him mucha gente tiene un concepto equivocado de él

she's got the [right] idea - get someone else to do it the ancient cultures had the right idea when they buried a person's belongings alongside him your uncle's got the right idea in many ways but his execution of it is lousy to get the [wrong] idea I wouldn't want this to become known - people might get the wrong idea

I haven't the least idea no tengo ni la menor or más remota or más mínima idea

I've no idea! ¡ni idea!

it was awful, you've no idea no te puedes hacer una idea de lo horrible que fue; I had no idea that ... no tenía ni idea or la menor idea de que ...

he had no idea (of the answer)

I haven't the slightest idea no tengo ni la menor or más remota or más mínima idea

he has some idea of French tiene algo de idea de francés

3 (conception, notion) idea (f)

there may be some truth in the idea that ... puede que haya algo de cierto en la idea de que ...; she has some odd ideas about how to bring up children tiene unas ideas muy raras or una opinión muy rara de cómo criar a los niños

it wasn't my idea of a holiday no era la idea que yo tengo de unas vacaciones

if that's your idea of fun si eso es lo que tú entiendes por diversión

their idea of a vacation is a trip to a theme park my idea of physical perfection is to be very slender I really like the idea of helping people there may be some truth in the idea that reading too many books ruins your eyes

4 (vague idea) impresión (f)

to have an idea that ... tener la impresión de que ...

I have an idea that she was going to Paris tengo la impresión de que se iba a París

I had an idea that he joined the army later, after university, but I may be wrong

5 (purpose) intención (f); idea (f)

the whole idea of this trip was to relax la única intención or idea del viaje era relajarse; we went with the idea of meeting new people fuimos con la intención or idea de conocer a gente nueva

the idea is to lend money to home owners who are unable to move because their houses are worth less than their mortgages he sent for a number of books he admired, with the idea of re-reading them

what's the big idea? ¿a qué viene eso? (informal)

some of his ideas about democracy are entirely his own each party has its own ideas on how the conference should be set up

6 (estimate) idea (f)

can you give me a rough idea of how many you want? ¿puede darme una idea aproximada de cuántos quiere?

I need an idea of how many people are coming

idear

transitive verb

1. to think up, to devise (planear)

2. to invent (inventar)

idear [e-day-ar’]

article & verb transitive

1. To form or conceive an idea.

2. To think, to contrive, to invent, to imagine, to plan, to scheme, to meditate.

3. To discuss a subject on futile grounds, to indulge in airy conceptions.

idear

verbo:transitivo

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

hemos ideado un nuevo plan de ataque

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

Un proyecto ideado para catalanizar la Cataluña del futuro En un principio la ley seca # se ideó para acabar con # la perversión moral y social ideó un sistema basado en señales visuales el dramaturgo Antonin Artaud en los años treinta ideando espectáculos para ser desarrollados en la periferia este Gobierno sigue alentando planes, diseñando presupuestos, ideando acciones sectoriales Juan y su esposa Juana idearon un macabro plan De l'icone au symbole", que es quien ideó la llamada teoría de las catástrofes la campaña de manning organizada por su equipo, que ha ideado el extraño término Fuiste tu quien ideó la historia de que os habíais puesto enfer mos?

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 ...

el airbag fue ideado para mejorar la seguridad del automóvil Ramón Rodríguez, que ha ideado un lavacoches que funciona sin agua El cubo de Rubik. Aunque ideado en 1976, el invento del arquitecto húngaro Ernö Rubik llegó el Palacio de Música y Congresos, ideado por el arquitecto Federico Soriano desde los graderíos del Sambódromo ideado por el arquitecto de Brasil Oscar Niemeyer

Verb Conjugation for "idear" (go to la idea)

	Presente	Pretérito	Imperfect	Futuro	Subjuntivo
Yo	ideo	ideé	ideaba	idearé	idee
Tú	ideas	ideaste	ideabas	idearás	idees
Ella/Él/Usted	idea	ideó	ideaba	ideará	idee
Nosotros	ideamos	ideamos	ideábamos	idearemos	ideemos
Vosotros	ideáis	ideasteis	ideabais	idearéis	ideéis
Ellos/Ustedes	idean	idearon	ideaban	idearán	ideen